Open AccessAmerican Joint Replacement Registry Risk Calculator Does Not Predict 90-day Mortality in Veterans Undergoing Total Joint Replacement
Author(s) -
Alex H. S. Harris,
Alfred C. Kuo,
Kevin J. Bozic,
Edmund Lau,
Thomas Bowe,
Shalini Gupta,
Nicholas J. Giori
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
clinical orthopaedics and related research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1528-1132
pISSN - 0009-921X
DOI - 10.1097/corr.0000000000000377
Subject(s) - calculator , medicine , veterans affairs , periprosthetic , joint arthroplasty , emergency medicine , arthroplasty , risk assessment , surgery , computer security , computer science , operating system
The American Joint Replacement Registry (AJRR) Total Joint Risk Calculator uses demographic and clinical parameters to provide risk estimates for 90-day mortality and 2-year periprosthetic joint infection (PJI). The tool is intended to help surgeons counsel their Medicare-eligible patients about their risk of death and PJI after total joint arthroplasty (TJA). However, for a predictive risk model to be useful, it must be accurate when applied to new patients; this has yet to be established for this calculator.