COMPLICATIONS AT CYPRESS POINTE SURGICAL HOSPITAL

Acute Care Hospital in Hammond, LA 70403

Complications

CYPRESS POINTE SURGICAL HOSPITAL
42570 South Airport Rd Hammond, LA 70403
Phone: (985) 510-6200

The complication measures at Cypress Pointe Surgical 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.

MeasureHospital AverageHow this Hospital Compares
Complications for hip/knee replacement patients3.1% Measure: Complications for hip/knee replacement patients
Sample data was collected between 04/01/2011 and 03/31/2014
No different than the National Rate of 3.1%

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.

Serious complications0.74% 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 SurgeryNot 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 treatment0.38% 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 surgery4.29% 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 surgeryNot 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 treatment1.55% 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).

Footnotes:
  • [1] The number of cases/patients is too few to report.