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Incidence and Risk Factors of Hospital-Acquired Pressure Ulcers Following Total Hip Arthroplasty: A Retrospective Nationwide Inpatient Sample Database Study
2021-08-12
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<h4>Background: </h4> The occurrence of hospital-acquired pressure ulcers (HAPUs) is disturbing and costly, leading to a variety of adverse effects. The objective of this study was to examine the incidence and risk factors of HAPUs following total hip arthroplasty (THA) using a large-scale national database. <h4>Methods: </h4> A retrospective database analysis was performed based on Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NI...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 02ee26e5-05fc-5bf9-9b29-392c91bcdeff
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- 10.21203/rs.3.rs-764164/v1
