Metabolic syndrome increases risk for pulmonary embolism after hip and knee arthroplasty

AIM: To investigate whether patients with metabolic syndrome (MetS) undergoing total hip or knee replacement have an increased risk for pulmonary embolism (PE). METHODS: We studied patients undergoing total hip or total knee replacement from January 2001 to April 2006. The diagnosis of PE was based...

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Autores principales: Mraovic, Boris, Hipszer, Brian R., Epstein, Richard H., Parvizi, Javad, Pequignot, Edward C., Chervoneva, Inna, Joseph, Jeffery I.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Croatian Medical Schools 2013
Materias:
Clinical Science
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3760659/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23986276
http://dx.doi.org/10.3325/cmj.2013.54.355

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3760659/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23986276
http://dx.doi.org/10.3325/cmj.2013.54.355

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