Risk Factors Associated with Thromboembolic Complications After total Hip Arthroplasty: An Analysis of 1,129 Pulmonary Emboli.
Kevin C LiuNeelesh BagrodiaMary K RichardsonAmit S PipleNicholas KusnezovJennifer C WangJay R LiebermanNathanael D HeckmannPublished in: The Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (2024)
Increasing age; Black race; allogeneic blood transfusion; and comorbidities, including chronic pulmonary disease, pulmonary hypertension, and history of VTE, were independent risk factors of PE after THA. Given the increased mortality associated with PE, patients should be carefully evaluated for these factors and managed with an appropriate chemoprophylactic regimen.
Keyphrases
- pulmonary hypertension
- risk factors
- end stage renal disease
- total hip arthroplasty
- pulmonary artery
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- venous thromboembolism
- pulmonary arterial hypertension
- chronic kidney disease
- stem cell transplantation
- prognostic factors
- bone marrow
- peritoneal dialysis
- cardiovascular events
- cardiovascular disease
- coronary artery disease
- patient reported outcomes
- drug induced
- patient reported
- hematopoietic stem cell