Table 4.

Types of infections that led to readmissions after hip arthroplasties

Type of infection	Patients readmitted (number)	Frequency (%) (from total number of readmitted patients, n = 1356)
Postoperative, posttraumatic, other device infection	81	6.0
Septicemia and disseminated infections	81	6.0
Kidney and urinary tract infections	58	4.3
Other pneumonia	53	3.9
Major respiratory infections and inflammation	41	3.0
Major gastrointestinal and peritoneal infections	26	1.9
Postoperative, posttrauma, other device infections with operating room procedure	21	1.5
Cellulitis and other bacterial skin infection	12	0.9
Other infectious and parasitic diseases	1	0.1
Total	374	27.6