Rheumatoid arthritis does not increase risk of short-term adverse events after total knee arthroplasty: A retrospective case-control study

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1123-1130

  LoVerde, Zachary J ^a   Mandl, Lisa A ^b   Johnson, Beverly K ^c   Figgie, Mark P ^d   Boettner, Friedrich ^b   Lee, Yuo Yu ^b   Goodman, Susan M ^b  

^a READING HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

^c North Central Bronx Hospital   (United States)

^d Hospital for Special Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

Antirheumatic drugs; Disease modifying; Knee; Osteoarthritis; Rheumatoid arthritis; Surgery

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT;

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX RATIO; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CASE CONTROL STUDY; KNEE REPLACEMENT; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTOR; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84940476014     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: 14992752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.141251     Document Type: Article

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