Incidence and Determinants of Postoperative Fluid and Electrolyte Complications in ICU Patients: A Prospective Study from Mosul, Iraq

Fluids are believed to be the key stones in the management of the patient following the surgical interventions which is very applicable in the critical care unit. Any fluid / electrolyte imbalances or changes have been problematic and have led to the amplified potential to develop complications and mortality rate hence the nurse staff is crucial in identifying the issue to offer the best care. To identify the features of patient health parameters during the stay in the intensive care unit, to experiment with the follow-up of fluid / electrolyte change and to find out the main outcomes that affect the state of patient health. To meet the goals of the current research and to fulfill the need, a prospective follow-up study design was planned between 1 st of November 2022 and 13 th of July 2023. The sample size assignat was (67) patients and the sample on (22) of all other participants; the sample was divided into two parts; general health characteristics and a holistic systematic approach; the sample included information that can be utilized to evaluate the health status and the parameters included those that take into account the fluid and electrolyte imbalance. The analysis established that most of the category of early middle and late middle age (46-55) and (56-65) in which laparotomy and craniotomy belong to the top frequency type of surgical intervention, changing electrolytes (under intensive care unit stay) in potassium, sodium, calcium, and chloride, next proportion of (19) death case arises in variants. Fluid and electrolyte imbalance is the widespread issue of patients in the intensive care unit after surgery, high mortality rate is the expression of the outcome of the neurosurgical case that has been subjected to changes in this case.