A comparison of comorbidity measures for predicting mortality after elective hip and knee replacement: A cohort study of data from the National Joint Registry in England and Wales.

<h4>Background</h4>The risk of mortality following elective total hip (THR) and knee replacements (KR) may be influenced by patients' pre-existing comorbidities. There are a variety of scores derived from individual comorbidities that can be used in an attempt to quantify this. The...

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Main Authors: Chris M Penfold, Michael R Whitehouse, Ashley W Blom, Andrew Judge, J Mark Wilkinson, Adrian Sayers
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Acceso en liña:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0255602