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
- newly diagnosed
- ejection fraction
- chronic kidney disease
- pulmonary arterial hypertension
- venous thromboembolism
- bone marrow
- coronary artery disease
- atrial fibrillation
- type diabetes
- coronary artery
- patient reported outcomes