Advanced age, obesity and continuous femoral nerve blockade are independent risk factors for inpatient falls after primary total knee arthroplasty

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1121-1124

  Wasserstein, David ^a   Farlinger, Christopher ^a   Brull, Richard ^a   Mahomed, Nizar ^a   Gandhi, Rajiv ^a  

^a TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Advanced age; Falls; Femoral nerve block; Obesity; Total knee arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FALLING; FEMALE; FEMORAL NERVE; FEMORAL NERVE BLOCKADE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NERVE BLOCK; OBESITY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; RISK FACTOR; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

ADVANCED AGE; FALLS; FEMORAL NERVE BLOCK; OBESITY; TOTAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEMORAL NERVE; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; OBESITY; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84880700151     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: 15328406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2012.08.018     Document Type: Article

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