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Table 3.

ICU-level Interventions and Post-Operative Complications Necessitating ICU Care.

Measured Outcome	Number of Cases (%)
IV blood pressure medication drip	123 (30.75%)
Hyperosmolar therapy	17 (4.25%)
IV insulin drip	8 (2.0%)
Ischemic stroke	7 (1.75%)
Clinically significant hematoma	4 (1.0%)
Intubation	3 (0.75%)
Return to OR	2 (0.5%)
ICP monitor placement	1 (0.25%)
MI	1 (0.25%)
Death/CMO	0 (0.0%)
TOTAL^*	140 (35.0%)

n = 400.

Some patients required more than 1 ICU-level intervention or experienced more than 1 significant complication necessitating ICU care and these patients were only counted once when calculating the total. Therefore, the sum of all ICU-level interventions and significant complications is more than the total.