Fatal outcome and intensive care unit admission after total hip and knee arthroplasty: An analytic of preoperative frailty and comorbidities.

Christina Cleveland Westerdahl LaursenChristian S MeyhoffTonny S PetersenEspen Jimenez-SolemAnne M S SørensenTroels H Lunn

Published in: Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica (2021)

Only 20% of patients with a fatal outcome or ICU admission after elective THA or TKA could be categorized as frail based on the mFI. Further studies with a prospective design are needed to clarify the mFI as a risk stratification tool in elderly multimorbid patients undergoing elective arthroplasty surgery.

Keyphrases

patients undergoing
intensive care unit
total hip
total knee arthroplasty
community dwelling
emergency department
mechanical ventilation
minimally invasive
coronary artery bypass
middle aged
case control
acute respiratory distress syndrome
percutaneous coronary intervention