COMPLICATIONS AT BRYAN W. WHITFIELD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
Acute Care Hospital in Demopolis, AL 36732
Complications
BRYAN W. WHITFIELD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
105 Highway 80 East Demopolis, AL 36732
Phone: (334) 289-4000
The complication measures at Bryan W. Whitfield Memorial Hospital provide information about the medical problems some inpatients might experience while admitted in the hospital. Admitted patients sometimes get other injuries, conditions or complications that may be life threatening. When hospitals follow best practices for treating patients, serious complications are often prevented.
The complication measures evaluate serious events such as healthcare-associated infections (HAI) and complications after certain surgical procedures.
Surgical Complications
The measures for surgical complications provide information about the problems developed by patients after having certain surgical procedures and how often those patients that were admitted with certain conditions died while they were in the hospital. These surgical complications can often be prevented if hospitals follow procedures based on best practices and scientific evidence.
Measure | Hospital Average | How this Hospital Compares |
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Complications for hip/knee replacement patients | Not Available Measure: Complications for hip/knee replacement patients Sample data was collected between 04/01/2011 and 03/31/2014 | Number of Cases Too Small 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. [1] |
Serious complications | 0.70% Measure: Serious complications Sample data was collected between 07/01/2012 and 06/30/2014 | No different than the National Rate of 0.81% 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 |
Deaths with Serious Complications after Surgery | Not Available Measure: Deaths with Serious Complications after Surgery Sample data was collected between 07/01/2012 and 06/30/2014 | Number of Cases Too Small 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. [1] |
Collapsed lung due to medical treatment | 0.37% Measure: Collapsed lung due to medical treatment Sample data was collected between 07/01/2012 and 06/30/2014 | No different than the National Rate of 0.39% Cases of collapsed lung that results from medical treatment (Iatrogenic pneumothorax, adult). |
Serious blood clots after surgery | 4.13% Measure: Serious blood clots after surgery Sample data was collected between 07/01/2012 and 06/30/2014 | No different than the National Rate of 4.35% This measure refers to blood clots, in the lung or a large vein, after surgery (perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rate). |
Wound that opens after surgery | Not Available Measure: Wound that opens after surgery Sample data was collected between 07/01/2012 and 06/30/2014 | Number of Cases Too Small This measure refers to a wound that splits open on the abdomen or pelvis after surgery (postoperative wound dehiscence). [1] |
Accidental cuts from medical treatment | 1.39% Measure: Accidental cuts from medical treatment Sample data was collected between 07/01/2012 and 06/30/2014 | No different than the National Rate of 1.81% This measure refers to accidental cuts and tears from medical treatment (accidental puncture or laceration). |
Healthcare Associated Infections
The healthcare-associated infections (HAI) measures provide information on infections that happen while the patient is in the hospital. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) collects this information and encourages hospitals to use CDC-recommended infection control steps to prevent healthcare-associated infections.
Measure | Hospital Average | How this Hospital Compares |
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Intestinal infections | 1.088 Measure: Intestinal infections Sample data was collected between 04/01/2014 and 03/31/2015 | No Different than National Benchmark of 1 Clostridium difficile (C.diff.) Laboratory-identified Events (Intestinal infections) A lower number is better better. A score of zero is best. |
- [1] The number of cases/patients is too few to report.