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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Emerg Med. 2010 Aug 21;57(1):1–12. doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2010.05.031

Table 5.

Summary of Inpatient Procedures during Initial Hospitalization (Total number of patients hospitalized = 638)

Inpatient Procedure N
(total)
No 30-day
Adverse Event
(N=457)
Experienced a 30-day
Adverse Event
(N=181)
Thoracentesis 9 3 6
Insertion of Coronary
artery stent
14 12 2
Cardiac
catheterization
47 31 16
Electrophysiologic
study
9 9 0
Ablation 11 9 2
Pacemaker Insertion 26 20 6
Pacemaker Revision 5 4 1
Hemodialysis 14 12 2
Transthoracic
Echocardiogram
60 44 16
Transfusion of blood
products
51 31 20
Atrial cardioversion 18 15 3
Other cardioversion 31 25 6
Intubation 14 7 7
Required continuous
intravenous AV nodal
blocking infusion in
ED
144 106 38