Aseptic Acetabular Revisions ≤90 Days, 91 Days to 2 Years, and >2 Years After Total Hip Arthroplasty: Comparing Etiologies, Complications, and Postoperative Outcomes
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@ERnurseLacey I’m and intern and this will probably be one of the only years I draw labs and sparsely drawing labs at that. Hope your patient was able to understand you’re the experienced one. Nurses have saved my butt on hard sticks so many times!
Predictors adding time to return: feeling safe to drive, limited ROM, female sex, pain, ability to brake, discharge to rehab, right-sided procedure, anemia, and pre-op use of cane.
Use of Observation Status Versus Readmission in Elective Total Knee and Hip Arthroplasty Returns to Hospital: A Single Institution Perspective
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Retrospective review at a single institution found that 28.3% of hospital encounters within 30 days of TJA had a length of stay under 48 hrs. The study found that a change from readmission to observation would shift costs averaging $540 onto patients. #medtwitter
In lower extremity fx treated operatively, pilon and bicondylar fx were prescribed more opiates than other ankle, tibial shaft, or unicondylar fx. Authors recommend 40 pills of 10mg oxycodone with 2 refill for bicondylar or pilon fx or 1 refill for other fx types. #medtwitter