Guidelines for medication management in patients with rheumatic diseases undergoing hip or knee replacement surgery
In the first such collaboration of its kind, an expert panel of rheumatologists and orthopaedic surgeons has developed guidelines for the perioperative management of anti-rheumatic medication in patients undergoing total hip or knee replacement. "Patients with rheumatic diseases who have joint replacement surgery are at increased risk for joint infection, a potentially devastating complication," said […]
