Thromboprophylaxis with a low molecular weight heparin (Tinzaparin) in emergency abdominal surgery

Vasa - Journal of Vascular Diseases

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 156-160

  Bergqvist, David ^a   Flordal, P A ^a   Friberg, B ^a   Frisell, J ^a   Hedberg, M ^a   Ljungstrom K G ^a   Tmatzsch ^a   Torngren S ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; PLACEBO; TINZAPARIN;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; LEG VARICOSIS; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HEPARIN, LOW-MOLECULAR-WEIGHT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THROMBOPHLEBITIS;

EID: 0029976918     PISSN: 03011526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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