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A Porcine Model of Acute Autologous Pulmonary Embolism
Published on: September 6, 2024
A quality improvement project decreases incidence of pulmonary embolism following arthroplasty
Iyad Eid1,2, Dane Moran3,4, Lynn Morrison1
1Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.
Objective:
To develop a quality improvement initiative to reduce the incidence of pulmonary embolism (PE) following elective lower extremity joint replacement surgery.
Methods:
866 Patients undergoing a total knee or total or partial hip replacement surgery at a from 2014 to 2016 were included in this prospective pre-post interventional study.
Results:
There were 13 PE's before the intervention and 2 after the intervention. The incidence of PE was significantly higher prior to the intervention (2.8% vs. 0.7%; p = 0.044).
Conclusions:
Our results suggest that our bundle of interventions was successfully implemented and helped to reduce the incidence of pulmonary embolism following surgery.
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