ArticleCureus2023
Predicting Factors for Requiring Routine Postoperative Blood Analysis in Primary Hip and Knee Arthroplasty: A Prospective Study.
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- Routine post-operative full blood count assessment is not necessary in elective hip and knee arthroplasty: A prospective cohort study.Journal of clinical orthopaedics and trauma · 2025Article
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Abstract
Background Minimising unnecessary expenditure is essential to cope with high demands on the health sector. A set of full blood count, electrolyte, creatinine and urea tests cost £12 in the National Health Service (NHS). Identifying selected patients requiring postoperative blood tests following primary knee and hip arthroplasty will avoid unnecessary tests and help to reduce expenditure. The aim of our study is to propose criteria for requesting postoperative blood tests that are safe and do not miss patients. Materials and methods We prospectively evaluated 126 patients (72 in the total knee replacement (TKR) group and 54 in the total hip replacement (THR) group) who underwent either an elective primary THR or a TKR. The mean patient age was 71 years. Patient demographics as well as in-patient events throughout each patient's hospital stay were recorded. Hospital readmissions were also monitored for up to 90 days postoperatively. Statistical analysis was performed using SPSS Statistics software (IBM Corp., Armonk, NY) with paired t-tests / Wilcox and mixed measures analysis of variance. Binary logistic regression was used to identify predictors of patients requiring a postoperative blood test. Results Analysis of our data identified the following as risk factors for requiring postoperative full blood count tests, including pre-operative Hb of ≤ 110 g/L, cardiac disease, clinical features of anaemia postoperatively and intraoperative blood loss of > 500 mL. The additional risk factors identified for requiring postoperative electrolyte and urea tests are deranged pre-operative electrolytes and clinical signs or symptoms of electrolyte/renal disturbance such as anuria. No patient was readmitted within 90 days of discharge. Conclusion Overall, applying the criteria we have devised would have saved 74 blood tests in the cohort of 126 patients. This provides an odds ratio of 14.0 (95% confidence interval: 1.77-110, p=0.012) of an abnormal result in the patients that would have been tested, compared to those that would not have been tested.
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