Pre-operative predictors of the length of hospital stay in total knee replacement

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 90, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1435-1440

  Smith, I D M ^a,b   Elton, R ^a   Ballantyne, J A ^a   Brenkel, I J ^a  

^a QUEEN MARGARET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; FONDAPARINUX; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RISK FACTORS; SCOTLAND; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 55549120879     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.90B11.20687     Document Type: Article

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