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In-hospital mortality following elective EVAR of AAAs

Percentage of patients undergoing elective endovascular repair of asymptomatic infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) who die while in hospital. This measure is proposed for both hospitals and individual providers. The measure is currently reported in the Vascular Quality Initiative (VQI) Registry.

CBE ID
1534

Inappropriate diagnosis of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in hospitalized medical patients; Abbreviated form: Inappropriate diagnosis of CAP

The inappropriate diagnosis of CAP in hospitalized medical patients (or “Inappropriate Diagnosis of CAP”) measure is a process measure that evaluates the annual proportion of hospitalized adult medical patients treated for CAP who do not meet diagnostic criteria for pneumonia (thus are inappropriately diagnosed and treated).

CBE ID
3671

Inappropriate Pulmonary CT Imaging for Patients at Low Risk for Pulmonary Embolism

Percent of patients undergoing CT pulmonary angiogram for the evaluation of possible PE who are at low-risk for PE consistent with guidelines(1,2) prior to CT imaging.

(1) Torbicki A, Perrier A, Konstantinides S, et al. Guidelines on the diagnosis and management of acute pulmonary embolism: the Task Force for the Diagnosis and Management of Acute Pulmonary Embolism of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). Eur Heart J. 2008 Sep;29(18):2276-315

CBE ID
0667

Incidence of Episiotomy

Percentage of vaginal deliveries (excluding those coded with shoulder dystocia) during which an episiotomy is performed.

CBE ID
0470

Incidence of Potentially Preventable Venous Thromboembolism

This measure assesses the number of patients with confirmed venous thromboembolism (VTE) during hospitalization (not present at admission) who did not receive VTE prophylaxis between hospital admission and the day before the VTE diagnostic testing order date.

CBE ID
0376