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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Surg. 2019 Oct 9;220(1):114–119. doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2019.10.009

Table 2.

Frequency and Percent of each of the 18 National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP) complications in the University of Colorado Hospital NSQIP sample (n=6,840), July 1, 2013 to November 1, 2016.

Complication N (%)
Bleeding 462 (6.8)
Urinary tract infection 134 (2.0)
Superficial SSI 106 (1.6)
Pneumonia 97 (1.4)
Sepsis 86 (1.3)
DVT/thrombophlebitis 77 (1.1)
Organ space SSI 66 (1.0)
Unplanned intubation 55 (0.8)
Septic shock 45 (0.7)
Deep incisional SSI 40 (0.6)
Ventilator >48 hours 38 (0.6)
Wound disruption 37 (0.5)
Pulmonary embolism 35 (0.5)
Cardiac arrest requiring CPR 19 (0.3)
Acute renal failure 18 (0.3)
Myocardial infarction 14 (0.2)
Stroke 14 (0.2)
Progressive renal insufficiency 13 (0.2)

Abbreviations: CPR, cardiopulmonary resuscitation; DVT, deep vein thrombosis; SSI, surgical site infection.