Continued Inpatient Care After Primary Total Shoulder Arthroplasty Is Associated With Increased Short-term Postdischarge Morbidity: A Propensity Score-Adjusted Analysis.

Publication Date

2019

Journal Title

Orthopedics

Abstract

Advances in surgical technique and implant design during the past several decades have resulted in annual increases in shoulder arthroplasty procedures performed in the United States. The purpose of this investigation was to use the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program database to analyze the rates of morbidity following shoulder arthroplasty. The authors hypothesized that, independent of predischarge patient factors, discharge to inpatient facilities is associated with increased short-term morbidity. Patient demographics, intraoperative variables, and information about postoperative complications/readmissions up to 30 days after the operative event were collected from the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program database for the period 2005 to 2015. Patients were divided into 2 cohorts based on discharge to home vs non-home facilities. Unadjusted baseline patient characteristics were compared using Pearson's chi-square test, and a propensity score-adjusted comparison was also performed. Overall, 9058 patients were included. Of these, 7996 (88.3%) were discharged to home and 1062 (11.7%) were discharged to a non-home facility. On propensity-adjusted analysis, complications determined to be statistically significantly associated with non-home discharge included cardiac (odds ratio, 4.19; 95% confidence interval, 1.75-10.04; P=.001), respiratory (odds ratio, 2.63; 95% confidence interval, 1.47-4.70; P=.001), urinary tract infection (odds ratio, 2.66; 95% confidence interval, 1.52-4.67; P=.001), and death (odds ratio, 7.51; 95% confidence interval, 2.42-23.27; P

Volume Number

42

Issue Number

2

Pages

e225-e231

Document Type

Article

Status

Faculty, Northwell Researcher

Facility

School of Medicine; Northwell Health

Primary Department

Orthopedic Surgery

PMID

30707235

DOI

10.3928/01477447-20190125-02

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