Complications for hip/knee replacement patients Complications for hip/knee replacement patients Percentage of complications for hip/knee replacement patients, some of the complications include: heart attack, infection, pneumonia, serious blood clots, wounds that split open or bleed after surgery, replacement hip/knee joints that don't work, etc. Higher rates of these serious complications might be a sign of lesser quality hospital care. A lower percentage is better. | 2.9% No different than the National Rate | Not Available Number of Cases Too Small |
Serious complications Serious complications A higher percentage of serious but potentially preventable, complications might be a sign of lesser quality hospital care. Hospitals could reduce the chance of serious complications by following safe care practices | 0.75% No different than the National Rate | 0.87% No different than the National Rate |
Deaths with Serious Complications after Surgery Deaths with Serious Complications after Surgery This measure covers surgical patients who died after developing serious complications that could have been treated. Although some deaths may be inevitable, hospitals with trained staff and properly organized identify life threatening complications quickly and treat them aggressively. Higher death rates might be a sign that patients were not watched properly after surgery or that an effective action wasn’t taken. | 126.63 per 1,000 patient discharges No different than the National Rate | 99.61 per 1,000 patient discharges No different than the National Rate |
Collapsed lung due to medical treatment Collapsed lung due to medical treatment Cases of collapsed lung that results from medical treatment (Iatrogenic pneumothorax, adult). | 0.50% No different than the National Rate | 0.36% No different than the National Rate |
Serious blood clots after surgery Serious blood clots after surgery This measure refers to blood clots, in the lung or a large vein, after surgery (perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rate). | 3.01% No different than the National Rate | 2.89% No different than the National Rate |
Wound that opens after surgery Wound that opens after surgery This measure refers to a wound that splits open on the abdomen or pelvis after surgery (postoperative wound dehiscence). | 1.82% No different than the National Rate | 1.55% No different than the National Rate |
Accidental cuts from medical treatment Accidental cuts from medical treatment This measure refers to accidental cuts and tears from medical treatment (accidental puncture or laceration). | 1.75% No different than the National Rate | 2.50% No different than the National Rate |