Prognosis of Surgical errors/complications

Complications:

Complications of Surgical errors/complications from the Diseases Database include:

• Wound infection
• Pyrexia of unknown origin
• Thrombocytosis
• Shock
• Gastric content aspiration
• more complications...»

See also complications of 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)
• more survival rate statistics...»

Death Statistics for Surgical errors/complications

The following are statistics from various sources about deaths related to 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)
• more death statistics...»

Surgical errors/complications: Research More

• Surgical errors/complications: Introduction
• Deaths: Surgical errors/complications
• Treatments: Surgical errors/complications

About prognosis:

The 'prognosis' of Surgical errors/complications usually refers to the likely outcome of Surgical errors/complications. The prognosis of Surgical errors/complications may include the duration of Surgical errors/complications, chances of complications of Surgical errors/complications, probable outcomes, prospects for recovery, recovery period for Surgical errors/complications, survival rates, death rates, and other outcome possibilities in the overall prognosis of Surgical errors/complications. Naturally, such forecast issues are by their nature unpredictable.

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