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Diseases » Surgical errors/complications » Deaths

Deaths from Surgical errors/complications

Survival rate statistics for Surgical errors/complications: The following are statistics from various sources about the survival rate for Surgical errors/complications:

6.56% of post-operative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis deaths were attributable to a patient safety incident in the US 2000-2002 (Patient Safety in American Hospitals, Health Grades 2004)
30.97% of post-operative respiratory failures resulted in death in the US 2000-2002 (Patient Safety in American Hospitals, Health Grades 2004)
7.65% of cases of accidental puncture or laceration resulted in death in the US 2000-2002 (Patient Safety in American Hospitals, Health Grades 2004)
6.25% of cases where a foreign body was left in during a procedure resulted in death in the US 2000-2002 (Patient Safety in American Hospitals, Health Grades 2004)
1.44% of complications of anaesthesia resulted in death in the US 2000-2002 (Patient Safety in American Hospitals, Health Grades 2004)
10.45% of cases of post-operative haemorrhage or hematoma resulted in death in the US 2000-2002 (Patient Safety in American Hospitals, Health Grades 2004)
14.99% of cases of post-operative wound dehiscence resulted in death in the US 2000-2002 (Patient Safety in American Hospitals, Health Grades 2004)
13.16% of selected infections resulting from medical care led to death in the US 2000-2002 (Patient Safety in American Hospitals, Health Grades 2004)
8.95% of transfusion reactions resulted in death in the US 2000-2002 (Patient Safety in American Hospitals, Health Grades 2004)

Death statistics for Surgical errors/complications: The following are statistics from various sources about deaths and Surgical errors/complications:

187,289 deaths were attributable to the patient safety incident in the US 2000-2002 (Patient Safety in American Hospitals, Health Grades 2004)
55 deaths from foreign bodies left in during a procedure were attributable to the patient safety incident in the US 2000-2002 (Patient Safety in American Hospitals, Health Grades 2004)
6.25% of cases where a foreign body was left in during a procedure resulted in death in the US 2000-2002 (Patient Safety in American Hospitals, Health Grades 2004)
2.14% of deaths from foreign bodies was left in during a procedure were attributable to the patient safety incident in the US 2000-2002 (Patient Safety in American Hospitals, Health Grades 2004)
2,549 female deaths from complications of medical and surgical care in Australia 2002 (AIHW National Morbidity Database, Australia’s Health 2004, AIHW)
5,271 male deaths from complications of medical and surgical care in Australia 2002 (AIHW National Morbidity Database, Australia’s Health 2004, AIHW)
7,820 deaths from complications of medical and surgical care in Australia 2002 (AIHW National Morbidity Database, Australia’s Health 2004, AIHW)
0 deaths from complications of anaesthesia were attributable to the patient safety incident in the US 2000-2002 (Patient Safety in American Hospitals, Health Grades 2004)
0.00% of deaths from complications of anaesthesia were attributable to the patient safety incident in the US 2000-2002 (Patient Safety in American Hospitals, Health Grades 2004)
1.44% of complications of anaesthesia resulted in death in the US 2000-2002 (Patient Safety in American Hospitals, Health Grades 2004)
2,419 deaths from accidental puncture or laceration were attributable to the patient safety incident in the US 2000-2002 (Patient Safety in American Hospitals, Health Grades 2004)
2.16% of deaths from accidental puncture or laceration were attributable to the patient safety incident in the US 2000-2002 (Patient Safety in American Hospitals, Health Grades 2004)
7.65% of cases of accidental puncture or laceration resulted in death in the US 2000-2002 (Patient Safety in American Hospitals, Health Grades 2004)
3.01% of deaths from post-operative haemorrhage or hematoma were attributable to the patient safety incident in the US 2000-2002 (Patient Safety in American Hospitals, Health Grades 2004)
726 deaths from post-operative haemorrhage or hematoma were attributable to the patient safety incident in the US 2000-2002 (Patient Safety in American Hospitals, Health Grades 2004)
23.12% of post-operative physiologic and metabolic derangements resulted in death in the US 2000-2002 (Patient Safety in American Hospitals, Health Grades 2004)
19.81% of deaths from post-operative physiologic and metabolic derangements were attributable to the patient safety incident in the US 2000-2002 (Patient Safety in American Hospitals, Health Grades 2004)
1,327 deaths from post-operative physiologic and metabolic derangements were attributable to the patient safety incident in the US 2000-2002 (Patient Safety in American Hospitals, Health Grades 2004)
12.21% cases of post-operative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis resulted in death in the US 2000-2002 (Patient Safety in American Hospitals, Health Grades 2004)
8,445 deaths from post-operative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis were attributable to the patient safety incident in the US 2000-2002 (Patient Safety in American Hospitals, Health Grades 2004)
21.84% of deaths from post-operative respiratory failure were attributable to the patient safety incident in the US 2000-2002 (Patient Safety in American Hospitals, Health Grades 2004)
30.97% of post-operative respiratory failures resulted in death in the US 2000-2002 (Patient Safety in American Hospitals, Health Grades 2004)
6,320 deaths from post-operative respiratory failure were attributable to the patient safety incident in the US 2000-2002 (Patient Safety in American Hospitals, Health Grades 2004)
14.99% of cases of post-operative wound dehiscence resulted in death in the US 2000-2002 (Patient Safety in American Hospitals, Health Grades 2004)
615 deaths from post-operative wound dehiscence were attributable to the patient safety incident in the US 2000-2002 (Patient Safety in American Hospitals, Health Grades 2004)
9.63% of deaths from post-operative wound dehiscence were attributable to the patient safety incident in the US 2000-2002 (Patient Safety in American Hospitals, Health Grades 2004)
13.16% of selected infections resulting from medical care led to death in the US 2000-2002 (Patient Safety in American Hospitals, Health Grades 2004)
3,805 deaths from selected infections resulting from medical care were attributable to the patient safety incident in the US 2000-2002 (Patient Safety in American Hospitals, Health Grades 2004)
4.31% of deaths from selected infections resulting from medical care were attributable to the patient safety incident in the US 2000-2002 (Patient Safety in American Hospitals, Health Grades 2004)
17 deaths from transfusion reactions were attributable to the patient safety incident in the US 2000-2002 (Patient Safety in American Hospitals, Health Grades 2004)
4.31% of deaths from transfusion reactions were attributable to the patient safety incident in the US 2000-2002 (Patient Safety in American Hospitals, Health Grades 2004)
8.95% of transfusion reactions resulted in death in the US 2000-2002 (Patient Safety in American Hospitals, Health Grades 2004)
1.1 per 100,000 males died from complications of medical and surgical care in the US 2001 (National Vital Statistics Report, CDC, 2003)
1 per 100,000 females died from complications of medical and surgical care in the US 2001 (National Vital Statistics Report, CDC, 2003)
Death statistics by racial and gender groups in the USA:
- 0.8 per 100,000 Hispanic people died from complications of medical and surgical care in the US 2001 (National Vital Statistics Report, CDC, 2003)
- 0.9 per 100,000 Hispanic males died from complications of medical and surgical care in the US 2001 (National Vital Statistics Report, CDC, 2003)
- 0.7 per 100,000 Hispanic females died from complications of medical and surgical care in the US 2001 (National Vital Statistics Report, CDC, 2003)
- 1.1 per 100,000 non-Hispanic people died from complications of medical and surgical care in the US 2001 (National Vital Statistics Report, CDC, 2003)
- 1.2 per 100,000 non-Hispanic males died from complications of medical and surgical care in the US 2001 (National Vital Statistics Report, CDC, 2003)
- 1 per 100,000 non-Hispanic females died from complications of medical and surgical care in the US 2001 (National Vital Statistics Report, CDC, 2003)
- 1 per 100,000 non-Hispanic white people died from complications of medical and surgical care in the US 2001 (National Vital Statistics Report, CDC, 2003)
- 1.1 per 100,000 non-Hispanic white males died from complications of medical and surgical care in the US 2001 (National Vital Statistics Report, CDC, 2003)
- 0.9 per 100,000 non-Hispanic white females died from complications of medical and surgical care in the US 2001 (National Vital Statistics Report, CDC, 2003)
- 2 per 100,000 non-Hispanic black people died from complications of medical and surgical care in the US 2001 (National Vital Statistics Report, CDC, 2003)
- 2.3 per 100,000 non-Hispanic black males died from complications of medical and surgical care in the US 2001 (National Vital Statistics Report, CDC, 2003)
- 1.7 per 100,000 non-Hispanic black females died from complications of medical and surgical care in the US 2001 (National Vital Statistics Report, CDC, 2003)

Deaths from Surgical errors/complications: medical news summaries: The following medical news items are relevant to death from Surgical errors/complications: