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Category - Hospital procedures - Adverse events Select a different category   Please select an indicator Post-operative physiologic and metabolic derangements Development of disorders that interfere with biochemical processes within the body including kidney failure and diabetes occurring in patients after an elective surgery. Lower rates are more desirable. Post-operative respiratory failure Development of respiratory failure occurring in patients after undergoing elective surgery. Lower rates are more desirable. Post-operative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis These conditions occur when a blood clot (usually formed in one of the leg veins) becomes detached and lodges in the lung artery or one of its branches (pulmonary embolism) or lodged in a another part of the body (deep vein thrombosis). This indicator is calculated for patients who develop these conditions after undergoing surgery. Lower rates are more desirable. Post-operative sepsis Patients that undergo elective surgeries and subsequently develop a hospital-acquired infection. Lower rates are more desirable. Post-operative wound dehiscence Parting of the layers of a surgical wound. Either the surface layers separate or the whole wound splits open. Lower rates are more desirable. Accidental puncture or laceration Accidental cut or wound during a procedure. Lower rates are more desirable. Foreign body left during procedure Foreign object left in a patient during a procedure. Lower rates are more desirable. Post-operative hip fracture Hip fracture after surgery. Lower rates are more desirable. Post-operative hemorrhage or hematoma Bleeding after surgery. Lower rates are more desirable.

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