Frequency and Outcomes of Preoperative Stress Testing in Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty from 2004 to 2017.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Cardiac stress testing is often performed prior to noncardiac surgery, although trends in use of preoperative stress testing and the effect of testing on cardiovascular outcomes are currently unknown.

Objective

To describe temporal trends and outcomes of preoperative cardiac stress testing from 2004 to 2017.

Design, setting, and participants

Cross-sectional study of patients undergoing elective total hip or total knee arthroplasty from 2004 to 2017. Trend analysis was conducted using Joinpoint and generalized estimating equation regression. The study searched IBM MarketScan Research Databases inpatient and outpatient health care claims for private insurers including supplemental Medicare coverage and included patients with a claim indicating an elective tot

SUBMITTER: Rubin DS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7527943 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature