Treatment of early symptomatic pulmonary embolism after total joint arthroplasty

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 522-524

  Bicalho, Paulo S ^a   Hozack, William J ^a,b   Rothman, Richard H ^a,b   Eng, Ken ^a  

^a ROTHMAN INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Greenfield filter; heparin; pulmonary embolism; total joint arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD FILTER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HEPARINIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; VEIN DISEASE;

EID: 0029786623     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0883-5403(96)80103-3     Document Type: Article

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