Rheumatoid arthritis patients are not at increased risk for 30-day cardiovascular events, infections, or mortality after total joint arthroplasty

INTRODUCTION: Serious infection, cardiovascular disease, and mortality are increased in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Whether RA affects the risk for these complications after total joint arthroplasty (TJA) is unknown, we hypothesize that it does. We compared the occurrence of 30-day postoperative comp...

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Autores principales: Michaud, Kaleb, Fehringer, Edward V, Garvin, Kevin, O’Dell, James R, Mikuls, Ted R
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3978488/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24252350
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/ar4385

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3978488/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24252350
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/ar4385

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