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Table 5 Benchmark Rates of Major Potentially Preventable Complications Medical/Surgical PPCs January - September 2008 Annualized

From: Evaluation of hospital inpatient complications: a planning approach

  

Range of Major PPC Rates/1,000 Discharges Based on Syracuse Hospitals Experience

01

Stroke & Intracranial Hemorrhage

1.18

-

2.56

02

Extreme CNS Complications

0.44

-

0.85

03

Acute Pulmonary Edema and Respiratory Failure with Mechanical Ventilation

2.80

-

5.83

04

Pneumonia & Other Lung Infections

5.22

-

8.73

05

Aspiration Pneumonia

2.25

-

3.02

06

Pulmonary Embolism

0.65

-

0.88

07

Shock

1.74

-

3.26

08

Congestive Heart Failure

3.85

-

6.56

09

Acute Myocardial Infarct

2.28

-

3.73

10

Ventricular Fibrillation/Cardiac Arrest

2.89

-

5.27

11

Peripheral Vascular Complications Except Venous Thrombosis

0.37

-

0.94

12

Venous Thrombosis

1.62

-

2.77

13

Major Gastrointestinal Complications with Transfusion or Significant Bleeding

0.36

-

0.53

14

Major Liver Complications

0.43

-

0.73

15

Clostridium Difficile Colitis

1.13

-

1.66

16

Urinary Tract Infection

7.04

-

10.20

17

Renal Failure with Dialysis

0.40

-

1.11

18

Post-Hemorrhage & Other Acute Anemia with Transfusion

1.53

-

2.09

19

Decubitus Ulcer

0.84

-

1.34

20

Septicemia & Severe Infections

4.09

-

6.46

21

Post-Op Wound Infection & Deep Wound Disruption with Procedure

0.36

-

0.34

22

Reopening Surgical Site

0.97

-

1.71

23

Post-Op Hemorrhage & Hematoma with Hem Cntrl Proc or I&D Proc

0.78

-

2.32

24

Accidental Puncture/Laceration during Invasive Procedure

7.72

-

7.71

25

Post-Procedure Foreign Bodies

0.13

-

0.17

26

Encephalopathy

1.03

-

1.84

27

Iatrogenic Pneumothrax

0.47

-

0.70

28

Mechanical Complication of Device, Implant & Graft

0.62

-

1.11

29

Inflammation & Other Complications of Devices, Implants or Grafts Except Vascular Infection

1.74

-

3.12

30

Infections Due to Central Venous Catheters

0.00

-

0.00

  1. Syracuse hospitals experience based on Crouse Hospital and St. Joseph's Hospital Health Center data applied to California statewide data, 2005 - 2006.