Percentage of patients, regardless of age, who undergo surgical or therapeutic procedures under general or neuraxial anesthesia of 60 minutes duration or longer for whom at least one body temperature greater than or equal to 35.5 degrees Celsius (or 95.9 degrees Fahrenheit) was achieved within the 30 minutes immediately before or the 15 minutes immediately after anesthesia end time
Postoperative respiratory failure (secondary diagnosis), prolonged mechanical ventilation, or reintubation cases per 1,000 elective surgical discharges for patients ages 18 years and older.
Percentage of patients 18 years of age or older without carotid territory neurologic or retinal symptoms within 120 days immediately proceeding carotid angioplasty and stent (CAS) placement who experience stroke or death during their hospitalization for this procedure. This measure is proposed for both hospitals and individual interventionalists. This measure is currently reported by the Vascular Quality Initiative (VQI) Registry.
Percentage of patients age 18 or older without carotid territory neurologic or retinal symptoms within the one year immediately preceding carotid endarterectomy (CEA) who experience stroke or death following surgery while in the hospital. This measure is proposed for both hospitals and individual surgeons. This measure is presently reported by the Vascular Quality Initiative (VQI) registry.
Percent of patients aged 18 years and older undergoing isolated CABG who received beta blockers within 24 hours preceding surgery.
In-hospital deaths per 1,000 pediatric heart surgery admissions among patients with congenital heart disease ages 17 years and younger.
The number of hospital discharges with a pediatric heart surgery procedure for patients with congential heart disease ages 17 years and younger.
Percentage of asymptomatic patients undergoing open repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA)who are discharged alive. This measure is proposed for both hospitals and individual providers. At present, this measure is reported via the Vascular Quality Initiative (VQI) Registry.
Percentage of SUI surgeries for which cystoscopy was used during the surgical procedure to reduce complications
This is a hospital based, risk adjusted, case mix adjusted elderly surgery aggregate clinical outcomes measure of adults 65 years of age and older.