Surgery

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These indicators include various complication rates and death rates, and they summarize how well we follow recommended surgical practices. We also show the number of surgical procedures performed for certain high-risk procedures. Data for cardiovascular procedures are in a separate section.

Click on the indicator description or on the results to obtain the full report.

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better than U.S. average near U.S. average worse than U.S. average # = too few eligible cases to calculate a reliable statistic
blank = does not apply
italic number = no comparative data
  Desired Performance Norton Audubon Norton Hospital Norton Suburban Kosair Children's Kentucky U.S.
SCIP inf-bundle (select surgical inpatients) and treatment - percent of patients
meeting applic. infection prevention indics high 79 85 84      
given preop. antibiotic on time high 92 94 95   79 82
given recommended preop. antibiotic high 97 97 95   86 90
with antibiotic discontinued on time high 82 91 91   72 78
  Desired Performance Norton Audubon Norton Hospital Norton Suburban Kosair Children's Kentucky U.S.
SCIP inf-1 (percent of surgical inpatients given preop. antibiotic on time)
CABG surgical inpatients high 96 87       89
cardiac surgical inpatients high # #       89
hip surgical inpatients high 91 90 100Quality Ribbon     89
knee surgical inpatients high 96 96 91     92
colon surgical inpatients high 87 90 90     82
hysterectomy surgical inpatients high # 97 97     90
vascular surgical inpatients high # # 82     85
  Desired Performance Norton Audubon Norton Hospital Norton Suburban Kosair Children's Kentucky U.S.
SCIP inf-2 (percent of surgical inpatients given recommended preop. antibiotic)
CABG surgical inpatients high 100Quality Ribbon 100Quality Ribbon       97
cardiac surgical inpatients high # #       95
hip surgical inpatients high 97 100Quality Ribbon 100Quality Ribbon     98
knee surgical inpatients high 100Quality Ribbon 100Quality Ribbon 100Quality Ribbon     98
colon surgical inpatients high 91 83 84     73
hysterectomy surgical inpatients high # 94 95     93
vascular surgical inpatients high # # 100Quality Ribbon     95
  Desired Performance Norton Audubon Norton Hospital Norton Suburban Kosair Children's Kentucky U.S.
SCIP inf-3 (percent surgical inpatients with antibiotic discontinued on time)
CABG surgical inpatient high 73 #       88
cardiac surgical inpatients high # #       89
hip surgical inpatients high 83 85 85     82
knee surgical inpatients high 92 96 92     83
colon surgical inpatients high 67 73 73     73
hysterectomy surgical inpatients high # 91 95     90
vascular surgical inpatients high # # #     75
  Desired Performance Norton Audubon Norton Hospital Norton Suburban Kosair Children's Kentucky U.S.
Other SCIP indicators - percent of selected surgical inpatients
cardiac surg. w/ controlled 6am post-op serum glucose high 89 91       87
w/ approp. surg. site hair removal high 98 98 99     94
colorectal surg. pts w/ recorded temp. w/in range high 75 92 76     81
given beta blocker during peri-op period high 86 73 58     87
with recomm. VTE prophylaxis ordered high 94 91 88   76 79
given approp. VTE prophylaxis high 81 85 83   71 75
  Desired Performance Norton Audubon Norton Hospital Norton Suburban Kosair Children's Kentucky U.S.
Postoperative complications - percent of surgical inpatients with
bleeding low 0.26 0.29 0.29   0.25 0.27
physiologic derangement low 0.02 0.04 0.03   0.03 0.11
respiratory failure low 0.9 1.2 1.1   1.1 0.9
PE or DVT low 1.6 1.7 0.7   1.0 1.0
sepsis low 2.1 2.1 4.1   1.8 1.1
hip fracture low 0.07 0.05 0Quality Ribbon   0.04 0.03
abdominal surgeries w/ postop wound dehiscence low 0.31 0.36 0.42   0.21 0.21
  Desired Performance Norton Audubon Norton Hospital Norton Suburban Kosair Children's Kentucky U.S.
Other surgical complications - percent of
inpatients with a reported complication of anesthesia low 0.14 0.08 0Quality Ribbon   0.07 0.09
select surgeries encountering technical difficulties low 0.10 0.41 0.39   0.42  
patients w/ pneumothorax resulting from medical care low 0.04 0.07 0.02   0.07 0.06
  Desired Performance Norton Audubon Norton Hospital Norton Suburban Kosair Children's Kentucky U.S.
Mortality and volume indicators
% hip replacement patients who die (AHRQ risk-adjusted) low 0Quality Ribbon 0Quality Ribbon 0Quality Ribbon   0.24 0.23
% craniotomy patients who die (AHRQ risk-adjusted) low 0Quality Ribbon 4.9 #   5.0 7.5
% esophageal resection patients who die (AHRQ risk-adj) low   #     11.3 8.4
# esophageal resection surgical procedures (AHRQ defn.) high   3       6
% pancreatic resection patients who die (AHRQ risk-adj) low # 6.1     4.3 5.4
# pancreatic resection surgical procedures (AHRQ defn.) high 2 53       10
  Desired Performance Norton Audubon Norton Hospital Norton Suburban Kosair Children's Kentucky U.S.
Miscellaneous
% gall bladder surgery done laparoscopically high 89 85 91   92  
% incidental appendectomy in those over 64 years old low 0.9 1.7 0.9   2.2 2.1

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