Thromboembolism after major trauma

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 332, Issue 21, 1995, Pages 1448-1450

  Blebea, John ^a   Strothman, Gregory ^a   Wells, Philip ^b   Anderson, David R ^c   Geerts, William H ^d   Jay, Richard M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c QUEEN ELIZABETH II HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^d SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN;

CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPRESSION THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; INJURY; LETTER; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS SCREENING; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; THROMBOEMBOLISM; THROMBOSIS PREVENTION;

HUMANS; THROMBOEMBOLISM; THROMBOPHLEBITIS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0029011120     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199505253322114     Document Type: Letter

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