Underuse of venous thromboembolism prophylaxis for general surgery patients: Physician practices in the community hospital setting

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 158, Issue 17, 1998, Pages 1909-1912

  Bratzler, Dale W ^a,b   Raskob, Gary E ^a   Murray, Cynthia K ^a   Bumpus, Lisa J ^a   Piatt, Donna S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b Oklahoma Foundation for Medical Quality   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXTRAN; HEPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; WARFARIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; COMPRESSION THERAPY; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ABDOMEN; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICOAGULANTS; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MEDICARE; OKLAHOMA; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; THROMBOEMBOLISM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032575878     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.158.17.1909     Document Type: Article

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