Table 4 Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Patient Safety Indicators and other safety indicators recorded as part of clinical audit data during the preintervention and postintervention periods
From: Implementing a closed loop clinical decision support system for sustainable preoperative care
Complication | Preintervention N/total (%) | Postintervention N/total (%) | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|
Early reinterventions | 2388/75,669 (3.16%) | 3829/150,283 (2.54%) | <0.001 |
Same-day cancellations | 2155/73,817 (2.92%) | 3113/149,801 (2.08%) | <0.001 |
Postoperative bleeding or hematoma* | 99/25,331 (0.4%) | 232/51,179 (0.5%) | 0.22 |
Postoperative respiratory failure* | 22/16,797 (0.1%) | 35/35,570 (0.1%) | 0.29 |
Postoperative PTE/DVT* | 53/26,344 (0.2%) | 79/54,434 (0.1%) | 0.06 |
Postoperative sepsis* | 27/16,248 (0.2%) | 30/37,603 (0.08%) | 0.005 |
Wound dehiscence* | 12/4975 (0.2%) | 22/10,686 (0.2%) | 0.66 |
Surgical site infection after colon surgery | 20/344 (5.8%) | 35/821 (4.26%) | 0.25 |
Surgical site infection after hip replacement surgery | 9/753 (1.2%) | 24/1353 (1.8%) | 0.33 |
