Increased risk of adverse events following the treatment of associated versus elementary acetabular fractures: a matched analysis of short-term complications.

Purpose: This retrospective cohort study aims to compare short-term complication rates between patients receiving open reduction and internal fixation (ORIF) for associated versus elementary acetabular fractures, with a secondary objective of identifying independent risk factors for adverse outcomes.

Methods: The American College of Surgeons (ACS) National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP) database was queried using current procedural terminology (CPT) codes to identify patients that underwent ORIF for associated acetabular (CPT 27228) or elementary acetabular fractures (CPT 27226, 27227) from 2010 to 2021. Propensity score matching was employed to account for baseline differences and the short-term complication rates were compared between the cohorts.

Self-efficacy, social support and oral health-related quality of life in patients with kidney transplantation and under hemodialysis.

Background: Aim of this questionnaire-based cross-sectional study was to compare self-efficacy, social support, oral hygiene-related self-efficacy (OHRSE) and oral health-related quality of life (OHRQoL) between patients under chronic hemodialysis (HD) and patients after kidney transplantation (KTx) as well as a healthy comparison group (HC).

Methods: Patients under HD were recruited during their routine outpatient dialysis therapy, KTx patients during their maintenance appointment and HC patients during their regular dental check-up in the dental clinic. General self-efficacy, the OHRSE, social support (F-SozU-K14) and the OHRQoL (OHIP-G5) were assessed by specific validated questionnaires.

Higher complication and readmission rates after total knee arthroplasty with discharge to inpatient facility vs. home: a propensity score matched analysis.

Introduction: The purpose of this retrospective cohort study was to assess differences in complication rates, early readmission rates, and reasons for readmission following TKA based on discharge destination. Secondarily, we aimed to identify independent risk factors for developing any adverse event (AAE) in the 30-day postoperative period.

Methods: The American College of Surgeons (ACS) National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP) was filtered using current procedural terminology (CPT) codes to identify patients undergoing TKA from 2015 to 2020.

Risk Factors and Incidence of 30-Day Readmission Following Outpatient Total Knee Arthroplasty.

Background: Reflecting advancements in surgical techniques and postoperative care, total knee arthroplasty (TKA) is being performed increasingly as an outpatient procedure. This study aimed to report the frequency and timing of unplanned readmission after outpatient TKA with updated data, identify risk factors for readmission after outpatient TKA, and identify common causes for readmission after outpatient TKA with a much larger cohort compared to previous studies.

Methods: This study retrospectively analyzed data from 31,347 patients who underwent outpatient TKAs between 2012 and 2021.

Circulating inflammatory cytokines predict severity disease in hospitalized COVID-19 patients: A prospective multicenter study of the European DRAGON consortium.

Background: COVID-19 has put a huge strain on the healthcare systems worldwide, requiring unprecedented intensive care resources. There is still an unmet clinical need for easily available biomarkers capable of predicting the risk for severe disease. The main goal of this prospective multicenter study was to identify biomarkers that could predict ICU admission and in-hospital mortality.