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Table 1 List of adverse events as listed in the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP), 2005

From: Duke Surgery Patient Safety: an open-source application for anonymous reporting of adverse and near-miss surgical events

Wound Ocurrences

Superficial Incisional SSI

Deep Incisional SSI

Organ/Space SSI

Wound Disruption

Other (ICD-9)

Respiratory

Pneumonia

Unplanned Intubation

Pulmonary Embolism

On Ventilator > 48 hours

Other (ICD-9)

Urinary Tract Occurrences

Progressive Renal Insuficiency

Acute Renal Failure

Urinary Tract Infection

Other (ICD-9)

CNS Occurences

Stroke/CVA

Coma >24 hours

Peripheral Nerve Injury

Other (ICD-9)

Cardiac Ocurrences

Cardiac Arrest req. CPR

Myocardial Infarction

Other (ICD-9)

Other Ocurrences

Bleeding > e units RBCs

Graft/Prosthesis/Flap Failure

DVT/Throbophebitis

Systemic Sepsis

SIRS

Sepsis

Septic Shock

Other (ICD-9)