Reduced Length of Hospitalization in Primary Total Knee Arthroplasty Patients Using an Updated Enhanced Recovery After Orthopedic Surgery (ERAS) Pathway

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1705-1709

  Auyong, David B ^a   Allen, Cindy Jo ^a   Pahang, Joshuel A ^a   Clabeaux, Jonathan J ^a   MacDonald, Kevin M ^a   Hanson, Neil A ^a  

^a VIRGINIA MASON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adductor canal block; Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS); Length of stay; Primary total knee arthroplasty; Readmissions

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; GABAPENTIN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OXYCODONE; PARACETAMOL; SCOPOLAMINE; TRANEXAMIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DRUG USE; ENHANCED RECOVERY AFTER SURGERY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RATING SCALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; CLINICAL PATHWAY; KNEE REPLACEMENT; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDICS; REHABILITATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84941877459     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: 15328406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2015.05.007     Document Type: Article

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