Eligibility for home treatment of deep vein thrombosis: A prospective study in 202 consecutive patients

Journal of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1065-1070

  Schwarz, Thomas ^a   Schmidt, Benjamin ^a   Beyer, Jan ^a   Schröder, Hans Egbert ^a   Schellong, Sebastian M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; NADROPARIN;

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; BANDAGE; BLEEDING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERMANY; HOME CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT DISEASE; SAFETY; STANDARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; ANTICOAGULANTS; BANDAGES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERMANY; HEMORRHAGE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MORBIDITY; NADROPARIN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SELECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; SAFETY; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0035656161     PISSN: 07415214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mva.2001.118821     Document Type: Article

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