TY - JOUR
T1 - Foot pump prophylaxis for deep venous thrombosis - Rate of effective usage following knee and hip arthroplasty
AU - Charalambous, C.
AU - Cleanthous, S.
AU - Tryfonidis, M.
AU - Goel, A.
AU - Swindell, R.
AU - Ellis, D.
PY - 2003
Y1 - 2003
N2 - We recorded the usage of foot pumps during the post-operative period in 29 patients undergoing knee or hip arthroplasty and made 621 recordings. Effective utilisation of foot pumps was seen in 37.2% of cases. There was a gradual reduction in correct utilisation with each day that passed post-operatively (day 1, 60.4%; day 2, 48.8%; day 3, 28.8%; day 4, 21.4%; day 5, 23%). This gradual reduction was statistically significant (P=0.001) and mainly occurred between the second and third postoperative days. Effective usage was 60.2% overall at night and 36.4% during the day. Our results question the efficiency of foot pumps in deep venous thrombosis prophylaxis in the context of a true clinical setting.
AB - We recorded the usage of foot pumps during the post-operative period in 29 patients undergoing knee or hip arthroplasty and made 621 recordings. Effective utilisation of foot pumps was seen in 37.2% of cases. There was a gradual reduction in correct utilisation with each day that passed post-operatively (day 1, 60.4%; day 2, 48.8%; day 3, 28.8%; day 4, 21.4%; day 5, 23%). This gradual reduction was statistically significant (P=0.001) and mainly occurred between the second and third postoperative days. Effective usage was 60.2% overall at night and 36.4% during the day. Our results question the efficiency of foot pumps in deep venous thrombosis prophylaxis in the context of a true clinical setting.
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U2 - 10.1007/s00264-003-0456-7
DO - 10.1007/s00264-003-0456-7
M3 - Article
C2 - 12715239
AN - SCOPUS:0042824078
SN - 0341-2695
VL - 27
SP - 208
EP - 210
JO - International Orthopaedics
JF - International Orthopaedics
IS - 4
ER -