Inpatient surgical care: management of blood sugar after heart surgery
An abnormal increase in blood sugar levels post surgery have been associated with increased in-hospital complications, including surgical site infections. A higher percentage may indicate that a hospital provides a higher level of care.
About this measure
The first graph below shows the percentage of cardiac surgery patients who have a controlled (good) blood sugar level at 6 a.m. on day one and day two following heart surgery. The second graph shows a trend over time for this measure.
Northwestern Memorial Hospital wants to provide the most up to date data. For this measure, our data is from a more recent time period than the benchmark time period.
In this case, a higher number is better.
| 2013 Q2 | |
|---|---|
| Northwestern Memorial | 92 |
| National Average | 96 |
| State Average | 96 |
| 2011 Q3 | 2011 Q4 | 2012 Q1 | 2012 Q2 | 2012 Q3 | 2012 Q4 | 2013 Q1 | 2013 Q2 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northwestern Memorial | 87 | 100 | 93 | 97 | 100 | 79 | 94 | 92 |
| National Average | 94 | 94 | 94 | 95 | 95 | 95 | 96 | 96 |
| State Average | 92 | 93 | 93 | 94 | 94 | 95 | 96 | 96 |
Source:U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, www.hospitalcompare.hhs.gov
SCIP-Inf-4 Cardiac Surgery Patients With Controlled 6 A.M. Postoperative Serum Glucose
Last UpdateJune 3, 2013