Hypoalbuminemia and obesity class II are reliable predictors of peri-prosthetic joint infection in patient undergoing elective total knee arthroplasty

BACKGROUND: Malnutrition is a common and modifiable risk factor for postoperative complications and adverse outcomes in orthopedics. The purpose of this study was to identify biomarkers of malnutrition in patients undergoing elective total knee arthroplasty (TKA) that are predictive of adverse in-ho...

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Autores principales: Man, Sheryl Lok-Chi, Chau, Wai-Wang, Chung, Kwong-Yin, Ho, Kevin Ki Wai
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7219214/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32660593
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s43019-020-00040-9

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7219214/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32660593
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s43019-020-00040-9

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