Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center 2008 | Average* | |
No of coronary bypass surgery cases | 139 | – |
Use of internal mammary artery (%) | 97.0 | 96.0 |
In-hospital mortality (%) | 1.8 | 2.6 |
Return to operating room due to unexplained bleeding (%) | 1.3 | 1.8 |
Postoperative stroke (%) | 1.4 | 1.7 |
Postoperative renal failure or insufficiency (%) | 2.4 | 4.3 |
Infection leading to reoperation (%) | 0.2 | 0.4 |
Average length of stay (days) | 6.6 | 7.3 |
Overall satisfaction | 95 | 85 |
Doctor care | 94 | 87 |
Emotional support | 86 | 84 |
Involved in decisions | 87 | 84 |
Nursing care | 90 | 89 |
Pain management | 94 | 87 |
↵* Regional average from Northern New England Cardiovascular Disease Study Group.