| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| OCCURRENCE CATEGORY | MECHANICAL VENTILATION WITHIN 30 DAYS |
| INACTIVE? | YES |
| DESCRIPTION | VASQIP Definition (2014): time after their surgery is considered an occurrence. Indicate if ventilator support required within 30 days after initial post-operative extubation: If the patient was placed on ventilator support postoperatively for any reason within 30 days AND occurred during the same admission in-hospital. (For example, the patient is on the ventilator intra-op and immediately post-op. Then patient is weaned and the ventilator is discontinued. Later, the patient gets into trouble and mechanical ventilation has to be reinstated.) In patients who were not intubated during surgery, intubation at any |
| INTRAOPERATIVE ALLOWED | YES |