{"id":444,"date":"2016-04-08T18:32:28","date_gmt":"2016-04-08T13:02:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kambhampati.net\/portfolio\/?p=444"},"modified":"2026-11-08T10:05:11","modified_gmt":"2026-11-08T04:35:11","slug":"instructions-after-total-knee-replacement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/srinivas.kambhampati.net\/index.php\/2016\/04\/08\/instructions-after-total-knee-replacement\/","title":{"rendered":"Instructions after Total Knee Replacement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Please be aware of the following issues after your Knee Replacement<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: disc;\">\n<li>All patients on Aspirin should concurrently be taking a PPI e.g. Pantoprazole 40mg<\/li>\n<li>Please be aware of the signs\/symptoms of VTE (Venous Thromboembolism) &#8211; <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.clevelandclinicmeded.com\/medicalpubs\/diseasemanagement\/cardiology\/venous-thromboembolism\/\">Click here<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Please be aware of risks of GI upset\/bleeding, particularly with concomitant drugs which increase the risk of bleeding e.g. SSRIs and NSAIDs (Non Steroidal Anti Inflammatory\u00a0Drugs)<\/li>\n<li>There should be a clear stop date for Aspirin. If a patient is admitted on Aspirin (usually 75mg) there should be a date set to revert to admission<\/li>\n<li>If NSAIDs are prescribed Ibuprofen may be preferable to Diclofenac, with a stop date. Please do take for too long.<\/li>\n<li>There should be a clear stop date for Aspirin after joint replacement. If a patient is admitted on Aspirin (usually 75mg) there should be a date set to revert to admission dose.\u00a0Please make sure this has been explained to you.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Regarding your wound<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: disc;\">\n<li>Please report any problems with your wound to Dr Srinivas before or after suture removal<\/li>\n<li>Lookout for redness, oozing, pain and fever and report immediately<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h6><\/h6>\n ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Please be aware of the following issues after your Knee Replacement All patients on Aspirin should concurrently be taking a PPI e.g. Pantoprazole 40mg Please be aware of the signs\/symptoms of VTE (Venous Thromboembolism) &#8211; Click here Please be aware of risks of GI upset\/bleeding, particularly with concomitant drugs which increase the risk of bleeding [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-total-knee-replacement"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/srinivas.kambhampati.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/srinivas.kambhampati.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/srinivas.kambhampati.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/srinivas.kambhampati.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/srinivas.kambhampati.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=444"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/srinivas.kambhampati.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":455,"href":"https:\/\/srinivas.kambhampati.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444\/revisions\/455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/srinivas.kambhampati.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/srinivas.kambhampati.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/srinivas.kambhampati.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}