Incidence and time course of thromboembolic outcomes following total hip or knee arthroplasty

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 158, Issue 14, 1998, Pages 1525-1531

  White, Richard H ^a   Romano, Patrick S ^a   Zhou, Hong ^a   Rodrigo, Juan ^b   Bargar, William ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS;

AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; MIDDLE AGED; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031851274     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.158.14.1525     Document Type: Article

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