A prospective study of venous thromboembolism after major trauma

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 331, Issue 24, 1994, Pages 1601-1606

  Geerts, William H ^a   Code, Karen I ^a   Jay, Richard M ^a   Chen, Erluo ^b   Szalai, John Paul ^c  

^a Departments of Medicine   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c Research Design and Biostatistics ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INJURY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FACE INJURY; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INJURY; LEG INJURY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PELVIS FRACTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SPINE INJURY; SURGERY; THORAX INJURY; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TIBIA FRACTURE;

ADULT; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL INJURIES; THROMBOPHLEBITIS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0028018944     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199412153312401     Document Type: Article

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