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01-12-2017 | CORR Insights
CORR Insights®: What Is the Timing of General Health Adverse Events That Occur After Total Joint Arthroplasty?
Author:
Arun B. Mullaji, FRCS(Ed), MCh Orth, MS Orth
Published in:
Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research®
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Issue 12/2017
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Excerpt
Postoperative adverse events, including life-threatening complications such as myocardial infarction and pulmonary embolism (PE) can occur in 1% to 4% of patients undergoing primary total joint arthroplasty (TJA) [
2]. However, most data related to general health adverse events in patients who underwent TJA are collected in-hospital and there is a relative lack of identification and documentation of adverse events after discharge. …