Prevention of fatal pulmonary embolism with warfarin after total hip replacement

International Orthopaedics

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 75-79

  Suomalainen, O ^a   Makela A E ^a   Harju, A ^a   Jaroma, H ^a  

^a KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLEEDING; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE THROMBOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS;

AGED; ANTICOAGULANTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; THROMBOPHLEBITIS; WARFARIN;

EID: 0029986055     PISSN: 03412695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002640050033     Document Type: Article

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