An Analysis of the Outcomes From Protocolized Perioperative Care for Patients Receiving Total Hip or Knee Arthroplasty

Completed

Conditions studied: Knee Osteoarthritis, Hip Osteoarthritis, Knee Arthritis, Hip Arthritis

In brief

The care for patients receiving total hip and knee arthroplasty at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences has followed a structured care pathway since July 2015. This system of perioperative care has focused on preoperative assessment of medical co-morbidities and risks to postoperative functional recovery, anesthetic care focused on postoperative nausea and vomiting prevention and optimizing immediate postoperative functional ability, and aggressive postoperative physical therapy. This is an observational study to look at the outcomes of this program at University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. Areas of focus will be hospital length of stay, postoperative narcotic consumption, Visual Analog Scale scores, incidence of postoperative nausea and vomiting, and 30-day readmission rates, and health literacy rates.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03071250

Run by

University of Arkansas

People needed

500

Starts

2018-10-01

Expected to finish

2019-07-01

Last updated by the study team

2019-07-24

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• All men and women 18 years and older who underwent total hip arthroplasty or total knee arthroplasty surgery at UAMS between 7/01/2015 and 7/01/2016.

You may not qualify if…

• none

Where it is running

• University of Arkansas for MEdical Sciences — Little Rock, Arkansas, United States

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