Knee Replacements Up Dramatically For Adults 45 To 64 Years Old
Women and men ages 45 to 64 were 2.5 times more likely to be hospitalized for knee replacement surgery in 2009 than in 1997, according to the latest News and Numbers from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). AHRQ's analysis of hospital stays for knee replacement surgery from 1997 to 2009 found that: The rate for women ages 45 to 64 jumped from 16 to 42 stays per 10, 000 people, while for men the same age, the rate climbed from 11 to 28 stays per 10, 000 people. The rates for women and men 65 to 84 rose by 69 percent and 55 percent, respectively from 72 to 122 stays and from 58 to 90 stays per 10, 000 people.
Dark, Cold Weather Derails Physical Activity Routines Of Older Arthritis Sufferers
As cold winter weather sets in and daylight hours dwindle, many older Chicagoans with arthritis tend to sit idle, missing out on the daily dose of physical activity they need to improve their health, according to a Northwestern Medicine study. "We found that there's a huge difference in trying to get these patients to be active in the winter and trying to get them to be active in the summer, " said Joe Feinglass, a research professor of medicine at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.
A New Definition For Periprosthetic Joint Infection
A rise in periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) rates has the orthopedic community moving to develop it's first-ever agreed upon definition and diagnostic criteria to help better treat patients. The proposed criteria, published in the November issue of Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research, was developed by a Musculoskeletal Infection Society working group led by Javad Parvizi, M.D., director of Research at the Rothman Institute at Jefferson. The group analyzed available research, much of which was conducted at Jefferson, to develop the new definition and criteria.