Recent advances in venous thromboembolic prophylaxis during and after total hip replacement

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 252-270

  Salvati, Eduardo A ^a   Pellegrini, Vincent D ^b   Sharrock, Nigel E ^a   Lotke, Paul A ^c   Murray, David W ^d   Potter, Hollis ^a   Westrich, Geoffrey H ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

^b PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d NUFFIELD ORTHOPAEDIC CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; DALTEPARIN; DEXTRAN; ENOXAPARIN; HEPARIN; PROTHROMBIN; THROMBIN; THROMBIN ANTITHROMBIN COMPLEX; WARFARIN;

ANTICOAGULATION; BLEEDING; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMPRESSION THERAPY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DEVICE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INDUCED HYPOTENSION; LUNG EMBOLISM; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PHLEBOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SCREENING TEST; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS;

EID: 0033962983     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/00004623-200002000-00010     Document Type: Conference Paper

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