According to results published in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, patients with hyponatremia (a common abnormality of electrolytes) are at greater risk of increased length of stay and complications after total joint replacement.
Colin M. Baker (MD, MBA) and colleagues from Thomas Jefferson University’s Rothman Orthopaedic Institute performed a retrospective review of 3,071 patients with a mean age of 66.8 who underwent unilateral or bi-lateral total hip and knee arthroplasties as primary or revision procedures between 2015 and 2017. Four groups of patients were formed based on the age and gender of each patient.
