Why the study?
Do extensive changes in anesthesia care reduce in-hospital mortality in patients undergoing total hip and knee arthroplasty?
Population
15,559 patients undergoing total hip and total knee arthroplasty
Comparison
Extensive changes in anesthesia care introduced… vs Anesthesia care prior to July 1986
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
in-hospital
Authors
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Anesthesia changes were associated with lower arthroplasty mortality; leaves open causality and should not yet change practice.
Do extensive changes in anesthesia care reduce in-hospital mortality in patients undergoing total hip and knee arthroplasty?
Marked changes in anesthesia management were associated with a significant reduction in in-hospital mortality after total hip and knee arthroplasty.
Sharrock et al. (1995) studied this question.
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