Cost and Effectiveness of Postoperative Fever Diagnostic Evaluation in Total Joint Arthroplasty Patients

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 43-48

  Ward, Derek T ^a   Hansen, Erik N ^a   Takemoto, Steven K ^a   Bozic, Kevin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

cost effectiveness; postoperative fever; total hip arthroplasty; total joint arthroplasty; total knee arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; BODY MASS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COUGHING; DISEASE DURATION; DYSPNEA; FECES ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE COST; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; LENGTH OF STAY; LOBAR PNEUMONIA; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPERATION DURATION; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE FEVER; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE; BLOOD EXAMINATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FEVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URINALYSIS;

EID: 77951785000     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: 15328406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2010.03.016     Document Type: Article

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