Preoperative prescriptions and polypharmacy in elective total hip and knee arthroplasty from 2010 to 2017, a descriptive cohort study.

Nina Brendborg Rasmussen Henrik KehletTroels Bygum KnudsenPernille PrintzlauChristoffer Calov Jørgensen

Published in: Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica (2023)

Patients scheduled for elective THA and TKA used a median of 3 prescribed drugs. However, 1/3 of patients qualified as having polypharmacy and 41% used drugs requiring anesthetic consideration when planning for surgery.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
total hip
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
total knee arthroplasty
chronic kidney disease
patients undergoing
emergency department
coronary artery disease
cross sectional
atrial fibrillation
surgical site infection