Are vital Signs Associated with Self-Reported Acute Pain Intensity in the Emergency Department?
Health care professionals cannot use vital signs to estimate or substantiate self-reported pain intensity levels or changes over time.
We have demonstrated increased intraoperative times, heightened transfusion requirements and surgical site infections, and higher readmission rates after conversion TKA in the posttraumatic cohort. In contrast to total hip arthroplasty, current diagnosis and reimbursement schemes do not differentiate posttraumatic patients from primary osteoarthritis groups undergoing TKA. We believe that classification reform would improve medical documentation and improve patient care.