Thromboembolic propylaxis in orthopaedic trauma patients: A comparison between a fixed dose and an individually adjusted dose of a low molecular weight heparin (nadroparin calcium)

Injury

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 385-390

  Haentjens, Patrick ^a   Blaimont, ^m   Blairon, ^m   Boghemans, ^b   Boury, ^c   Claessens, ^m   Huys, ^m   Dambrain, ^m   Delaforterie, ^m   Delinc ^m   Denaeyer, ^m   Dupuis, ^m   Erpelding, ^d   Feyen, ^m   Jaeken, ^e   Lechien, ^m   Lhoest, ^f   Mainil Varlet, ^m   Opdecam, ^m   Haentjens, ^m   Peck, ^m   Pittevils, ^g   Populaire, ^m   Struyve, ^h   Van Backle ^m   Vandenhof, ^m   Vandepaer, ^m   Van Gestel, ⁱ   Vanginderachter, ^m   Vanhoucke, ^j   Van Lommel, ^k   Van Nieuwenhuyse, ^l   more..

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^b Stuivenberg General Hospital   (Belgium)

^c Kliniek Zwarte Zusters   (Belgium)

^d CTR Int Univ Ambroise Paré   (Belgium)

^e AZ Ten Bosch   (Belgium)

^f Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology   (Belgium)

^g St Jan's Hospital   (Belgium)

^h St Maartenskliniek   (Belgium)

ⁱ AZ Den Brandt   (Belgium)

^j OLV HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^k VIRGA JESSE HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^l Algemeen Stedelijk Ziekenhuis   (Belgium)

^m NONE

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN; NADROPARIN; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; B SCAN; BLEEDING; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEG INJURY; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG VENTILATION PERFUSION RATIO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MULTICENTER STUDY; MUSCULOSKELETAL INJURY; PELVIS FRACTURE; PHLEBOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SPINE FRACTURE; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOSIS PREVENTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HIP FRACTURE; INJURY; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIC GIRDLE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; THROMBOPHLEBITIS;

AGED; ANTICOAGULANTS; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; LEG INJURIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NADROPARIN; PELVIC BONES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; SPINAL FRACTURES; THROMBOPHLEBITIS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0030176803     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0020-1383(96)00042-3     Document Type: Article

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