Deep vein thrombosis in elderly Hong Kong Chinese with hip fractures detected with compression ultrasound and Doppler imaging: Incidence and effect of low molecular weight heparin

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 119, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 156-158

  Kew, J ^a   Lee, Y L ^a   Davey, I C ^a   Ho, S Y ^a   Fung, K C ^a   Metreweli, C ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN; NADROPARIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPRESSION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; LEG THROMBOSIS; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POPULATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; THROMBOGENESIS;

AGED; ANTICOAGULANTS; CHINA; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HEPARIN, LOW-MOLECULAR-WEIGHT; HIP FRACTURES; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0033000592     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004020050380     Document Type: Article

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