Table 2 Select potentially preventable complications in cohort
Variable | N (%) |
|---|---|
Number of PPCs per patient | |
 1 | 1490 (1.5) |
 2 | 185 (0.2) |
 3 or more | 97 (0.09) |
Select PPC incidences | |
 Neurologic | |
 Stroke or intracranial hemorrhage | 5 (0.005) |
Respiratory | |
 Acute pulmonary edema and respiratory failure without ventilation | 86 (0.08) |
 Acute pulmonary edema and respiratory failure with ventilation | 14 (0.01) |
 Aspiration pneumonia | 7 (0.007) |
 Pulmonary embolism | 6 (0.006) |
Cardiovascular | |
 Cardiac arrest | 7 (0.007) |
 Deep venous thrombosis | 4 (0.004) |
Infectious | |
 Clostridium difficile colitis | 4 (0.004) |
 Sepsis | 19 (0.02) |
 Major puerperal infection | 102 (0.1) |
 Reopening of surgical site for infection | 60 (0.06) |
 Urinary tract infection | 8 (0.008) |
 Catheter associated-urinary tract infection | 3 (0.003) |
Renal | |
 Renal failure requiring dialysis | 1 (0.001) |
Hematologic | |
 Perioperative hemorrhage without hemorrhage control procedure | 42 (0.04) |
 Perioperative hemorrhage with hemorrhage control procedure | 16 (0.02) |
Obstetric | |
 Medical and anesthesia obstetric complications | 391 (0.4) |