Included a priori as potentially preventable if resulting in LOS ≥4 or 30 days readmission*:
Myocardial infarction Unstable angina Heart failure Cardiac arrhythmia (LOS >4 days or after discharge but ≥7 days after surgery) Cerebral stroke/transient cerebral ischaemia Delirium/psychosis Venous thromboembolic events Pneumonia/acute worsening of chronic obstructive disease Sepsis without wound infection Unexplained infection Falls Renal infection with increase in creatinine and fluid/diuretic treatment only Fluid/electrolyte derangement treated with fluids only Renal infection resulting in dialysis Mobilisation issues preventing fulfilling functional discharge criteria within 4 days or need of inhospital rehabilitation after discharge Opioid-related side effects
| Included a priori as potentially preventable if resulting in LOS >4 or 30 days readmission:
Hip dislocation not caused by falling Knee manipulation under anaesthesia Wound infections with antibiotic treatment Superficial infection with wound incision Deep infection with removal of prosthetic components
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Included for further evaluation on preventability:
Unexplained hypotension/hypertension Unexplained fainting or dizziness Unexplained dyspnoea Constipation unrelated to opioids Complications related to existing comorbidity† Any condition not fitting other descriptions
| Included for further evaluation on preventability: |
Excluded a priori as being potentially preventable by perioperative intervention:
No recorded morbidity (LOS >4 days only) Postoperative ileus Diarrhoea Disproved venous thromboembolic event Disproved myocardial infarction Disproved wound infection Social considerations
| Excluded a priori as being potentially preventable by perioperative intervention:
Postanaesthetic complications Periprosthetic fracture without recorded trauma Revision due to prosthetic malfunction Other planned reoperations Systemic arterial thrombosis/pseudoaneurism
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| Excluded a priori due to lack of information necessary for qualified evaluation:
| Excluded a priori due to lack of information necessary for qualified evaluation:
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