Table 2.

Complications during the first 30 days after surgery and resultant days at home up to 30 days after surgery (DAH₃₀), including both elective and non-elective surgeries.

		AKI		ARDS		Arrhythmia		Cardiac Arrest		DVT		Delirium		Infection, source uncertain		Stroke		MI		Pneumonia		Paralytic ileus		Pulmonary embolism		Cardiogenic pulmonary oedema		ICD10 = T81a		Any major complication
DAH30	Total N	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
29–30	199,439	59	0	3	0	1944	1	98	0	85	0	79	0	53	0	199	0.1	277	0.1	131	0.1	143	0.1	141	0.1	17	0	4836	2.4	3113	1.6
26–28	207,762	112	0.1	2	0	965	0.5	107	0.1	127	0.1	191	0.1	81	0	580	0.3	1045	0.5	412	0.2	996	0.5	245	0.1	41	0	7924	3.8	4690	2.3
23–25	84,154	156	0.2	7	0	453	0.5	82	0.1	135	0.2	313	0.4	110	0.1	352	0.4	617	0.7	801	1	1572	1.9	342	0.4	68	0.1	5629	6.7	4715	5.6
20–22	39,321	161	0.4	10	0	289	0.7	55	0.1	101	0.3	307	0.8	67	0.2	272	0.7	685	1.7	893	2.3	1180	3	322	0.8	90	0.2	3408	8.7	4129	10.5
17–19	25,270	155	0.6	4	0	215	0.9	56	0.2	52	0.2	345	1.4	76	0.3	216	0.9	697	2.8	866	3.4	896	3.5	242	1	83	0.3	2679	10.6	3544	14
9–16	35,943	476	1.3	25	0.1	363	1	104	0.3	146	0.4	580	1.6	175	0.5	574	1.6	1000	2.8	1808	5	1499	4.2	554	1.5	182	0.5	4963	13.8	6574	18.3
0–8	44,996	1966	4.4	337	0.7	535	1.2	898	2	229	0.5	1015	2.3	365	0.8	2124	4.7	1903	4.2	5439	12.1	2385	5.3	1304	2.9	1344	3	7725	17.2	15,355	34.1

Abbreviations: AKI, acute kidney injury; ARDS, acute respiratory distress syndrome, DVT, deep vein thrombosis; MI, myocardial infarction; PE, pulmonary embolism.

^aIncludes additional postoperative complications (not included in definition of any major complication).