The Importance of Co-existent Disease in the Occurrence of Postoperative Complications and One-Year Recovery in Patients Undergoing Total Hip Replacement
Greenfield S, Apolone G, McNeil B, Cleary P. The Importance of Co-existent Disease in the Occurrence of Postoperative Complications and One-Year Recovery in Patients Undergoing Total Hip Replacement. Medical Care 1993, 31: 141-154. PMID: 8433577, DOI: 10.1097/00005650-199302000-00005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsActivities of Daily LivingAdultAgedCohort StudiesComorbidityDemographyFemaleHealth StatusHip ProsthesisHumansLogistic ModelsMaleMiddle AgedOdds RatioOutcome Assessment, Health CarePostoperative ComplicationsPrognosisQuality of LifeSeverity of Illness IndexSurveys and QuestionnairesUnited StatesConceptsCo-existent diseaseTotal hip replacementPostoperative complicationsHip replacementFunctional outcomeMedical recordsTotal hip replacement patientsFunctional outcome 1 yearHealth-related qualityTime of surgeryPost-operative complicationsSeverity of illnessOutcomes 1 yearHip replacement patientsPatients' medical recordsSignificant predictorsEffectiveness of careOne-year recoveryMedical record informationHospital complicationsICED scoreComorbid diseasesComplication rateHospital dischargePatient characteristics