Screening for subclinical deep-vein thrombosis

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 94, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 511-519

  Kelly, J ^a   Rudd, A ^a   Lewis, R R ^a   Hunt, B J ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; D DIMER; DESULFATOHIRUDIN; ENOXAPARIN; FIBRINOGEN; FONDAPARINUX; HEPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; PENTASACCHARIDE; RECOMBINANT HIRUDIN;

COMPRESSION THERAPY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; GENERAL SURGERY; HIP FRACTURE; HIP SURGERY; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; INJURY; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT SELECTION; PHLEBOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; REVIEW; SCREENING TEST; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STROKE; SYMPTOM; THROMBOSIS PREVENTION; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

EID: 0034771587     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/94.10.511     Document Type: Review

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