Table 3.
Timing and types of complications over 90-day episode of care (N=608,400)
| Complication rate, %
|
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|---|---|---|---|
| Elective Knee Replacement | Elective Hip Replacement | Non-elective Hip Replacement | |
| Overall | |||
| AMI | 0.19 | 0.22 | 0.97 |
| Pneumonia | 0.55 | 0.47 | 3.50 |
| Sepsis/septicemia/shock | 0.15 | 0.23 | 1.02 |
| Surgical site bleeding | 0.03 | 0.07 | 0.09 |
| Pulmonary embolism | 0.63 | 0.28 | 0.68 |
| Mechanical complications | 0.20 | 1.26 | 2.27 |
| Periprosthetic joint infection/Wound infection | 0.48 | 0.61 | 0.90 |
| Joint replacement admission | |||
| AMI | 0.14 | 0.18 | 0.90 |
| Pneumonia | 0.50 | 0.44 | 3.43 |
| Sepsis/septicemia/shock | 0.10 | 0.18 | 0.95 |
| Surgical site bleeding | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.03 |
| Pulmonary embolism | 0.35 | 0.11 | 0.39 |
| Mechanical complications | 0.01 | 0.13 | 0.22 |
| Periprosthetic joint infection/Wound infection | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.02 |
| Readmission(s) | |||
| AMI | 0.06 | 0.05 | 0.07 |
| Pneumonia | 0.06 | 0.03 | 0.07 |
| Sepsis/septicemia/shock | 0.05 | 0.04 | 0.07 |
| Surgical site bleeding | 0.02 | 0.05 | 0.06 |
| Pulmonary embolism | 0.30 | 0.17 | 0.31 |
| Mechanical complications | 0.18 | 1.15 | 2.09 |
| Periprosthetic joint infection/Wound infection | 0.46 | 0.61 | 0.88 |
Abbreviations: AMI, acute myocardial infarction
Note: Patients could have multiple complications over episode of care, all are included.