Results published in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery found patients with hyponatremia, a common electrolyte abnormality, are at risk for increased length of stay, complications and nonhome discharge after total joint arthroplasty. Colin M. Baker, DO, MBA, and colleagues from the Rothman Orthopaedic Institute at Thomas Jefferson University performed a retrospective study of 3,071
Plasma D-dimer had comparable accuracy to CRP, ESR, fibrinogen for diagnosing periprosthetic joint infection in patients with revision hip or knee arthroplasty.
Measurement of plasma D-dimer levels – a test more commonly used to detect blood-clotting disorders – can provide useful information when making the difficult diagnosis of periprosthetic joint infection (PJI), reports a study in The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery.
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