Abstracts tagged "Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA)"

Abstract Number: 317 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2017
Risk Factors for Blood Transfusions Following Total Joint Arthroplasty in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Elizabeth Salt¹, Andrew Johannemann¹, Amanda T. Wiggins², Mary Kay Rayens³, Katelyn Brown¹, Kate Ekmann¹ and Leslie Crofford⁴, ¹University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, ²Nursing, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, ³College of Nursing, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, ⁴Rheumatology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN
Risk Factors for Blood Transfusions Following Total Joint Arthroplasty in Patients with Rheumatoid ArthritisAbstractBackground/Purpose: Despite effective therapies, rheumatoid arthritis (RA) can result in joint destruction…