Fatal outcome and intensive care unit admission after total hip and knee arthroplasty: An analytic of preoperative frailty and comorbidities
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Fatal outcome and intensive care unit admission after total hip and knee arthroplasty : An analytic of preoperative frailty and comorbidities. / Laursen, Christina C.; Meyhoff, Christian S.; Petersen, Tonny S.; Jimenez-Solem, Espen; Sørensen, Anne M.S.; Lunn, Troels H.
I: Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica, Bind 65, Nr. 10, 2021, s. 1390-1396.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - Fatal outcome and intensive care unit admission after total hip and knee arthroplasty
T2 - An analytic of preoperative frailty and comorbidities
AU - Laursen, Christina C.
AU - Meyhoff, Christian S.
AU - Petersen, Tonny S.
AU - Jimenez-Solem, Espen
AU - Sørensen, Anne M.S.
AU - Lunn, Troels H.
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2021 Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica Foundation.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Background: With increasing demand for total hip arthroplasty (THA) and total knee arthroplasty (TKA), a higher percentage of patients are identified with comorbidities that might increase the risk of complications. We aimed to elucidate the preoperative characteristics of patients with a fatal outcome or admission to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) within 90 days after THA or TKA. We arbitrarily hypothesized that more than 50% of those patients would be frail. Methods: This is a register based, explorative study including patients undergoing elective, unilateral, primary THA or TKA in the Capital Region of Denmark from 2010 to 2017, and who subsequently died or were admitted to the ICU within 90 days. The modified Frailty Index (mFI) was calculated from the medical records, and a score of ≥0.36 defined frailty. Results: A total of 33,758 patients underwent THA or TKA, and 284 patients (0.8%) died or were admitted to the ICU within 90 days. Fifty-seven patients (20%) were frail (95% CI 16.2–25.7%). The most common comorbidities were hypertension (63%) and pulmonary diseases (32%), and 56% used walking aids. Two or more comorbidities were present in 65% of patients, and 14% had no comorbidities at all. Conclusion: 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.
AB - Background: With increasing demand for total hip arthroplasty (THA) and total knee arthroplasty (TKA), a higher percentage of patients are identified with comorbidities that might increase the risk of complications. We aimed to elucidate the preoperative characteristics of patients with a fatal outcome or admission to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) within 90 days after THA or TKA. We arbitrarily hypothesized that more than 50% of those patients would be frail. Methods: This is a register based, explorative study including patients undergoing elective, unilateral, primary THA or TKA in the Capital Region of Denmark from 2010 to 2017, and who subsequently died or were admitted to the ICU within 90 days. The modified Frailty Index (mFI) was calculated from the medical records, and a score of ≥0.36 defined frailty. Results: A total of 33,758 patients underwent THA or TKA, and 284 patients (0.8%) died or were admitted to the ICU within 90 days. Fifty-seven patients (20%) were frail (95% CI 16.2–25.7%). The most common comorbidities were hypertension (63%) and pulmonary diseases (32%), and 56% used walking aids. Two or more comorbidities were present in 65% of patients, and 14% had no comorbidities at all. Conclusion: 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.
KW - comorbidities
KW - fatal outcome
KW - frailty
KW - intensive care unit admission
KW - modified frailty index
KW - THA
KW - TKA
KW - total hip arthroplasty
KW - total knee arthroplasty
U2 - 10.1111/aas.13950
DO - 10.1111/aas.13950
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 34252199
AN - SCOPUS:85112335234
VL - 65
SP - 1390
EP - 1396
JO - Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica
JF - Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica
SN - 0001-5172
IS - 10
ER -
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