Table 2.
Incidence of first occurrence of specified complications within 30 or 90 days of surgery, and time to first occurrence, stratified by presence of relevant diagnostic code in primary or secondary care data. Data are presented as n (%) unless otherwise stated. Median times are in completed days and presented with inter-quartile range.
Complication |
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Pneumonia | Wound infection | Urinary tract infection | New myocardial infarction | New stroke | |
Number by 90 days | 1125 (2.3) | 897 (1.8) | 1871 (3.7) | 145 (0.3) | 124 (0.2) |
Median time (IQR) | 30 (11–61) | 19 (11–34) | 31 (14–57) | 15 (5–45) | 35 (11–60.2) |
Number by 30 days | 564 (1.1) | 630 (1.3) | 918 (1.8) | 99 (0.2) | 55 (0.1) |