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| 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. |
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| Development of respiratory failure occurring in patients after undergoing elective surgery. Lower rates are more desirable. |
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| 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. |
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| Patients that undergo elective surgeries and subsequently develop a hospital-acquired infection. Lower rates are more desirable. |
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| Parting of the layers of a surgical wound. Either the surface layers separate or the whole wound splits open. Lower rates are more desirable. |
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| Accidental cut or wound during a procedure. Lower rates are more desirable. |
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| Patients with blood transfusion reactions. Lower rates are more desirable. |
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| Birth trauma for infants born alive in a hospital. Lower rates are more desirable. |
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| Cases of potentially preventable trauma (4th degree lacerations, other obstetric lacerations) during vaginal delivery with an instrument. Lower rates are more desirable. |
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| Cases of potentially preventable trauma (4th degree lacerations, other obstetric lacerations) during vaginal delivery without an instrument. Lower rates are more desirable. |
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| Deaths among patients that are considered unlikely to die in the hospital. Lower rates are more desirable. |
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| Cases of potentially preventable trauma (4th degree lacerations, other obstetric lacerations) during Cesarean delivery. Lower rates are more desirable. |
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| Cases of potentially preventable trauma (3rd and 4th degree lacerations, other obstetric lacerations) during vaginal delivery with an instrument. Lower rates are more desirable. |
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| Cases of potentially preventable trauma (3rd and 4th degree lacerations, other obstetric lacerations) during vaginal delivery without an instrument. Lower rates are more desirable. |
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| Cases of potentially preventable trauma (3rd and 4th degree lacerations, other obstetric lacerations) during Cesarean delivery. Lower rates are more desirable. |
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| Pressure sores that develop when a patient lies on his or her back for extended periods. Lower rates are more desirable. |
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| Deaths in patients that developed specified complications of care during hospitalization. Lower rates are more desirable. |
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| Foreign object left in a patient during a procedure. Lower rates are more desirable. |
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| The collapse of a patient’s lung inadvertently induced by a physician or medical treatment. Lower rates are more desirable. |
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| Cases of infection due to medical care, primarily those related to intravenous (IV) lines and catheters. Lower rates are more desirable. |
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| Hip fracture after surgery. Lower rates are more desirable. |
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| Bleeding after surgery. Lower rates are more desirable. |
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| Numbers of procedures involving the surgical removal of the tube that connects the mouth to the stomach, often due to esophageal cancer. Numbers above 6 are more desirable. |
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| Deaths due to surgery performed to repair the major artery that carries blood from the heart to the lower part of the body. Lower rates are more desirable. |
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| Deaths due to surgery performed to allow blood to bypass a clogged artery. Lower rates are more desirable. |
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| Deaths due to the surgical opening of the skull performed to remove a brain tumor, repair an aneurysm (ballooning of blood vessels), perform a biopsy or to relieve pressure inside the skull. Lower rates are more desirable. |
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| Deaths due to hip replacement surgery. Lower rates are more desirable. |
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| Deaths from heart attacks. Lower rates are more desirable. |
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| Deaths due to heart failure. Lower rates are more desirable. |
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| Deaths from acute strokes. Lower rates are more desirable. |
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| Deaths due to bleeding from the esophagus, stomach, small intestine or colon. Lower rates are more desirable. |
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| Deaths due to hip fractures. Lower rates are more desirable. |
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| Numbers of procedures involving the surgical removal of the pancreas in an attempt to cure pancreatic cancer. Numbers above 10 are more desirable. |
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| Death due to a condition involving an infection in the lungs. Lower rates are more desirable. The results for the Pneumonia mortality rate indicator may be affected by a potential data quality issue, owing to miscoding of activities at the hospital level. |
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| Surgical removal of a baby through the mother's abdomen. Lower rates are more desirable. |
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| Rate of vaginal births that occurred in mothers who had delivered previously by Cesarean section. Higher rates are more desirable. |
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| Minimally invasive removal of the gall bladder, a small pear-shaped sac that stores and concentrates bile, which is needed for digestion. Higher rates are more desirable. |
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| Removal of the appendix at the time of another necessary abdominal surgery. This procedure is performed to eliminate the risk of future appendicitis (inflammation of the appendix). Incidental appendectomy is generally not recommended in the elderly because they have both a lower risk for developing appendicitis and a higher risk of complications after surgery (calculated for patients 65 years or older). Lower rates are more desirable. |
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| A diagnostic test performed to see if the blood vessels to the heart are narrowed or blocked. Lower rates are more desirable. |
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| Deaths due to a non-surgical procedure performed to open blockages in the arteries that carry blood to the heart. Lower rates are more desirable. |
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| Deaths due to a procedure that removes blockages from arteries in the neck to reduce the chance of stroke and brain damage. Lower rates are more desirable. |
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| Deaths from heart attacks; excludes patients transferred from another short term hospital. Lower rates are more desirable. |
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| Surgical removal of a baby through the mother's abdomen during the first birth inclusively. Lower rates are more desirable. |
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| Rate of vaginal births that occurred in mothers who had delivered previously by Cesarean section. Higher rates are more desirable. |
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| Numbers of procedures to repair the major artery carrying blood from the heart to the lower part of the body. Numbers above 20 are more desirable. |
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| Numbers surgeries performed to allow blood to bypass a clogged artery. Numbers above 100 are more desirable. |
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| Number of procedures performed to open blockages in the arteries that carry blood to the heart. Numbers above 200 are more desirable. |
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| Number of procedures performed to remove blockages from arteries in the neck to reduce the chance of stroke and brain damage. Numbers above 50 are more desirable. |
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| Deaths due to the surgical removal of the tube that connects the mouth to the stomach, often due to esophageal cancer. Lower rates are more desirable. |
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| Deaths due to the surgical removal of the pancreas in an attempt to cure pancreatic cancer. Lower rates are more desirable. |
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