Should postoperative prophylaxis of thromboembolism be extended to the posthospital phase?;SOLL DIE POSTOPERATIVE THROMBOEMBOLIEPROPHYLAXE AUF DIE NACHSPITALPHASE AUSGEDEHNT WERDEN?

Schweizerische Medizinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 126, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 386-391

  Irani, S ^a   Conen, D ^a  

^a CANTONAL HOSPITAL AARAU   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PROPHYLAXIS; RISK FACTOR; THROMBOEMBOLISM; AMBULATORY SURGERY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ANTICOAGULANTS; ARTHROSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0029664293     PISSN: 00367672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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