Clinical Practice Guidelines
AAHKS has produced these guidelines specifically for hip and knee surgeons to use in their practices. Practice ResourcesAcetaminophen in TJA
Description: The purpose of these guidelines is to improve the treatment of orthopaedic surgical patients and reduce practice variation by promoting a multidisciplinary evidenced-base approach on the use of acetaminophen following primary TJA.
Year released: 2020
NSAIDs in TJA
Description: The purpose of these guidelines is to improve the treatment of orthopaedic surgical patients and reduce practice variation by promoting a multidisciplinary evidenced-base approach on the use of NSAIDs following primary TJA.
Year released: 2020
Gabapentinoids in TJA
Year released: 2020
Opioids in TJA
Description:The purpose of these guidelines is to improve the treatment of orthopaedic surgical patients and reduce practice variation by promoting a multidisciplinary evidenced-base approach on the use of opioids following primary TJA.
Year released: 2020
Tranexamic Acid in TJA
orthopaedic surgical patients and reduce practice variation by promoting a
multidisciplinary evidence-based approach on the use of TXA.
Year released: 2018
Antirheumatic Drug Therapy
Description: Guideline for the Perioperative Management of Antirheumatic Medication in Patients with Rheumatic Diseases Undergoing Elective Total Hip or Total Knee Arthroplasty from AAHKS and the American College of Rheumatology.
Year released: 2017
