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Table 3 distribution of causes of death of inpatient mortality after joint arthroplasty

From: Change in the cause of inpatient mortality after arthroplasty: a retrospective study

Cause of death

Incidence rate

1982–1991

1992–2001

2002–2011

2012–2017

Elective

Non-elective

Elective

Non-elective

Elective

Non-elective

Elective

Non-elective

Any cause

0

2

0

1

2

9

0

6

MI

0

0

0

1 (100%)

0

2 (22%)

0

0

Arrhythmia

0

1 (50%)

0

0

0

0

0

1 (17%)

PE

0

0

0

0

0

1 (11%)

0

0

CI

0

1 (50%)

0

0

2 (100%)

0

0

0

Pneumonia

0

0

0

0

0

2 (22%)

0

4 (67%)

Abdominal infection

0

0

0

0

0

1 (11%)

0

0

Respiratory failure

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1 (17%)

MODSa

0

0

0

0

0

1 (11%)

0

0

Unclear

0

0

0

0

0

2 (22%)b

0

0

All-cause mortality

0 (0/136)

3% (2/65)

0 (0/468)

0.5%(1/198)

0.1% (2/2153)

1.8%(9/505)

0 (0/3420)

1.5%(6/426)

  1. aMODS multiple organ dysfunction
  2. bThese two patients died from a sudden breath and cardiac arrest, who probably developed PE or AMI