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Abstract
Background: abdominal trauma is an injury to the abdomen. It may be blunt or penetrating. Length of hospital stay (LOS) is an important indicator of the use of medical services and reflects the efficiency of hospital management, patient quality of care, and functional evaluation. Aim of the study was to assess factors affecting length of hospitalization for patients with acute abdominal trauma. Methodology: Design- :A descriptive exploratory research design was utilized in this study. Subject: A purposive sample of 60 adult patients was recruited in this study. Setting: El-Mansoura University Emergency Hospital. Tools of data collection: 1- patient demographic characteristics assessment tool. 2- Patient clinical data assessment tool. 3- Abbreviated Injury Severity Score assessment tool. Results: there was a statistically significant relation between patients’ age, educational level, mechanism of injury, reason for admission, types of abdominal injuries and length of hospitalization. There was a statistically significant relation between the Injury Severity Score and length of hospitalization. Conclusion: length of hospitalization increased with age, low educational level, poly-traumatic injuries, stab injuries and high injury severity score. Recommendation: further research is needed to determine best interventions to decrease the length of hospitalization for patients with acute abdominal trauma.