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19081883

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
10
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-12-16
pubmed:abstractText
It is unclear whether perioperative epidural analgesia is associated with a decrease in mortality in patients who undergo orthopedic procedures. We examined 35,878 patients' data obtained from a random sample of Medicare beneficiaries who underwent elective total knee replacement. Division of patients into 2 groups was based on presence or absence of billing for postoperative epidural analgesia. Outcomes assessed were death and major morbidity 30 days after surgery. Multivariate regression analysis revealed no between-groups difference in mortality 30 days after surgery. Postoperative epidural analgesia was not associated with lower incidence of mortality or major morbidity in Medicare patients who underwent elective total knee replacement.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
1934-3418
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
37
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
524-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-1-5
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Correlation of postoperative epidural analgesia with morbidity and mortality following total knee replacement in Medicare patients.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA. chwu@jhmi.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't