Are there identifiable risk factors and causes associated with unplanned readmissions following total knee arthroplasty?

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2192-2196

  Kheir, Michael M ^a   Clement, R Carter ^b   Derman, Peter B ^c   Flynn, David N ^d   Speck, Rebecca M ^d   Levin, L Scott ^e   Fleisher, Lee A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Causes; Interventions; Readmitting diagnosis; Risk factors; Total knee arthroplasty; Unplanned readmissions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT READMISSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84908262472     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: 15328406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2014.06.026     Document Type: Article

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