Reducing Blood Loss From Phlebotomy in Adult Neurocritical Care Patients: An Evidence-Based Practice Project.

BACKGROUND: Blood loss from phlebotomy is a significant cause of hospital-acquired anemia. Use of small-volume (Pedi) tubes in adult patients reduces blood loss by 40% and does not increase need for repeated labs. Although this practice is evidencebased, it has not been widely implemented.

Pain Relief Survivorship: A Comparison of Exactech Equinoxe Anatomic and Reverse Total Shoulder Arthroplasty for Primary Osteoarthritis.

Background: Pain-relief plays a major deterministic role when assessing postoperative patient satisfaction; however, whether anatomic total shoulder arthroplasty (aTSA) or reverse total shoulder arthroplasty (rTSA) provides the most durable pain-relief has not been studied. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the durability of pain-relief after aTSA compared to rTSA in patients undergoing surgery for rotator cuff-intact glenohumeral osteoarthritis (RCI-GHOA).

Methods: A retrospective review of a multicenter shoulder arthroplasty database (Exactech Equinoxe) was performed.

Does matching glenosphere size to patient height improve outcomes following reverse total shoulder arthroplasty?

Introduction: Optimal biomechanics in reverse total shoulder arthroplasty (rTSA) are still a topic of debate. Although larger glenospheres have been linked with a theoretical improvement in the range of movement, results from clinical studies are mixed. We hypothesised that matching glenosphere diameter to patient height would result in greater improvements in post-operative range of motion (ROM) and patient-reported outcomes (PROMs).

Anatomic Total Shoulder Arthroplasty Revised to Reverse Total Shoulder Arthroplasty: Clinical and Radiographic Outcomes Compared to Primary Reverse Total Shoulder Arthroplasty.

Introduction: Reverse total shoulder arthroplasty (rTSA) has become the procedure of choice for a failed aTSA. Little data exists regarding outcomes; the few studies published to date have small numbers, short follow-up, and most do not have a control group or use first generation implants. The purpose of this study is to compare the clinical and radiographic outcomes of failed aTSA revised to rTSA to primary rTSA.

Comparing the Exactech Equinoxe reverse total shoulder arthroplasty for fracture versus degenerative conditions: 5-year minimum follow-up.

Background/hypothesis: Reverse total shoulder arthroplasty (rTSA) has become the operative treatment of choice for acute proximal humerus fractures in the elderly population, but little data exist on the long-term outcomes or how they compare to rTSA done for degenerative conditions. The purpose of this study is to compare the clinical and radiographic outcomes of patients undergoing rTSA for acute fracture versus degenerative conditions with a minimum 5-year follow-up.

Methods: Data was extracted from an international registry of patients with the Exactech Equinoxe rTSA implant from 2007 to 2018.