Validation of adverse events after hip arthroplasty: a Swedish multi-centre cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Preventing adverse events (AEs) after orthopaedic surgery is a field with great room for improvement. A Swedish instrument for measuring AEs after hip arthroplasty based on administrative data from the national patient register is used by both the Swedish Hip Arthroplasty Register and the Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions. It has never been validated and its accuracy is unknown. The aim of this study was to validate the instrument's ability to detect AEs, and to calculate the incidence of AEs following primary hip arthroplasties.

Design

Retrospective cohort study using retrospective record review with Global Trigger Tool methodology in combination with register data.

Setting

24 different hospitals in four major regions of Sweden.

Parti

SUBMITTER: Magneli M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6429990 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature