Researchers studied 106 patients undergoing total hip arthroplasty who were candidates for same-day discharge. Researchers explored why these patients were not being discharged the same day as surgery. They also examined preoperative patient characteristics that could be linked to same-day discharge.
Here’s what you should know:
1. Out of the patients studied, 74 percent were successfully discharged the same day as their surgery.
2. The 28 patients who were not discharged the same day cited: patient preference, hypotension or dizziness, failing to clear physical therapy, urinary retention and pain management as the reasons they stayed overnight.
3. In the failed same-day discharge group, patients were more likely to have allergies, anxiety, depression, obstructive sleep apnea and rheumatoid arthritis.
4. “Same day discharge is a viable option for surgeons interested in rapid recovery total hip arthroplasty. In a pool of patients selected for same-day discharge, the main cause of same day discharge failure was a change in patient preference postoperatively, despite having agreed to same day discharge preoperatively and meeting all discharge criteria,” the researchers concluded.
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