Table 5 The effect of each type of postoperative complications on operation metrics based on the location where patients experienced complications
From: Quantifying the effect of complications on patient flow, costs and surgical throughputs
Key performance Indicator | Type of complication a | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cardiac | Pulmonary | Infection | Neurological | |||||
CICU | Ward | CICU | Ward | CICU | Ward | CICU | Ward | |
Average surgery WT | 1.37 | 1.39 | 1.53 | 1.74 | 1.57 | 1.48 | 1.61 | 1.51 |
bed turnover | 18.13 | 17.81 | 14.77 | 17.23 | 19 | 17.51 | 18.90 | 16.64 |
Surgery throughputs | 195 | 191.97 | 159.23 | 185.30 | 204.17 | 189.07 | 195.51 | 180.10 |
Surgery cancellations | 1 | 0 | 6.31 | 4.83 | 3.17 | 0 | 5 | 0 |