Unplanned readmission after total joint arthroplasty: Rates, reasons, and risk factors

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 95, Issue 20, 2013, Pages 1869-1876

  Zmistowski, Benjamin ^a   Restrepo, Camilo ^a   Hess, Jordan ^a   Adibi, Darius ^a   Cangoz, Soltan ^a   Parvizi, Javad ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFECTIOUS ARTHRITIS; INJURY; JOINT STIFFNESS; JOINT SURGERY; KNEE; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TOTAL JOINT ARTHROPLASTY; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; WOUND; EVALUATION STUDY; FACTUAL DATABASE; HIGH VOLUME HOSPITAL; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; STATISTICS;

AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, HIGH-VOLUME; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT READMISSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84891522409     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: 15351386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.L.00679     Document Type: Article

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