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With increasing demand for total hip arthroplasty (THA) and total knee arthroplasty (TKA), a higher percentage of patients are identified with comorbidities that might increase the risk of complications. We… Click to show full abstract
With increasing demand for total hip arthroplasty (THA) and total knee arthroplasty (TKA), a higher percentage of patients are identified with comorbidities that might increase the risk of complications. We aimed to elucidate the preoperative characteristics of patients with a fatal outcome or admission to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) within 90 days after THA or TKA. We arbitrarily hypothesized that more than 50% of those patients would be frail.
Keywords:
care unit;
fatal outcome;
intensive care;
knee arthroplasty;
total hip
Journal Title: Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica
Year Published: 2021
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Journal Title: Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica
Year Published: 2021
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