Hospital readmissions after primary shoulder arthroplasty

Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1349-1355

  Schairer, William W ^a   Zhang, Alan L ^a   Feeley, Brian T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Complications; Hospital readmission; Outcomes; Shoulder arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEMATOMA; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INSURANCE; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE SHOULDER ARTHROPLASTY; RISK FACTOR; SEPTICEMIA; SHOULDER ARTHROPLASTY; SHOULDER DISLOCATION; SHOULDER HEMIARTHROPLASTY; ARTHROPLASTY; COMORBIDITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROTATOR CUFF; SHOULDER; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURGERY; UNITED STATES;

AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PATIENT READMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; ROTATOR CUFF; SHOULDER JOINT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84905968639     PISSN: 10582746     EISSN: 15326500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jse.2013.12.004     Document Type: Article

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