Infection-related and all-cause unplanned visit rates after colonoscopy, OGD and the comparator tests and procedures
Rate per 1000 procedures | Screening colonoscopy (n=462 068) | Non-screening colonoscopy (n=914 140) | OGD (n=873 138) | Screening mammography (n=647 212) | Prostate cancer screening (n=26 428) | Bronchoscopy (n=30 116) | Cystoscopy (n=68 432) |
All-cause visits | 11.613 | 16.414 | 34.606 | 6.435 | 13.735 | 51.036 | 37.906 |
Infection-related visits | 1.128 | 1.566 | 3.038 | 0.609 | 1.551 | 16.536 | 4.413 |
Infections of gastrointestinal system | 0.160 | 0.290 | 0.354 | 0.039 | 0.076 | 0.299 | 0.321 |
Infections of genitourinary system | 0.045 | 0.048 | 0.087 | 0.025 | 0.038 | 0.033 | 0.789 |
Infections of respiratory system | 0.524 | 0.602 | 1.260 | 0.351 | 0.908 | 12.385 | 0.950 |
Pneumonia | 0.299 | 0.286 | 0.688 | 0.104 | 0.341 | 11.223 | 0.555 |
Aspiration pneumonia | 0.087 | 0.097 | 0.333 | 0.015 | 0 | 1.527 | 0.088 |
Infections outside the treated organ system | 0.968* | 1.276* | 2.684* | 0.609† | 1.551† | 4.151‡ | 3.624§ |
*Non-gastrointestinal infections for colonoscopy and OGD (all infections minus gastrointestinal infections).
†All infections for screening mammography.
‡Non-respiratory infections for bronchoscopy (all infections minus respiratory infections).
§Non-genitourinary infections for cystoscopy (all infections minus genitourinary infections).
OGD, osophagogastroduodenoscopy.