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Date: 20 February 2025
Time: 20:09
Post-operative stroke indicator
Percentage of patients who had a post-operative stroke
How is the Trust doing?
| Rolling year to date (February 2019 – January 2020) | 0.8% |
|---|---|
| Rolling 3 years (February 2017 – January 2020) | 0.6% |
Lower percentage indicates better performance.
The UK national average for all cardiac surgery units for 2013-14 was 0.6% (data source: Central Cardiac Audit Database). All patients who have a post-operative stroke at UHB are reviewed by a member of the stroke team, and appropriate investigations are carried out where required.
Why is this indicator important?
Strokes are known to occur following first-time, isolated CABG surgery in around 1-3% of all patients which can increase overall length of stay and affect survival.
How do we measure this indicator?
Percentage of first-time, isolated CABG patients who had a post-operative stroke before discharge.
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