Preoperative Serum Albumin Levels Predict Treatment Cost in Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty.

Conclusions: Hypoalbuminemia is associated with increased total direct costs, LOS, and readmissions following primary and revision THA and TKA. Future efforts to predict and address total costs should take into consideration the patient's preoperative serum albumin levels. PMID: 30505406 [PubMed - in process]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30505406?dopt=Abstract

Source: Clinics in Orthopedic Surgery - December 8, 2018 Category: Orthopaedics Tags: Clin Orthop Surg Source Type: research

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