COMPLICATIONS AT VETERANS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL

Critical Access Hospital in Waukon, IA 52172

Complications

VETERANS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
40 1st Street Se Waukon, IA 52172
Phone: (563) 568-3411

The complication measures at Veterans 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.

MeasureHospital AverageHow this Hospital Compares
Complications for hip/knee replacement patients2.9% 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.