Preliminary report on the safety of heparin for deep venous thrombosis prophylaxis after severe head injury

Journal of Trauma

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 38-43

  Kim, Joseph ^a   Gearhart, Michelle M ^a   Zuccarello, Mario ^a   James, Laura ^a   Luchette, Fred A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Section of Trauma   (United States)

^c LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Deep venous thrombosis; Head injury; Heparin; Prophylaxis; Trauma; Venous thromboembolism

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; HEPARIN;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; COMPRESSION THERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; LEG COMPRESSION; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROTRAUMATOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THROMBOEMBOLISM; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; COMORBIDITY; DRUG MONITORING; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; INJURY SCALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

ABBREVIATED INJURY SCALE; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTICOAGULANTS; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; COMORBIDITY; DRUG MONITORING; HEAD INJURIES, CLOSED; HEPARIN; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRAUMA CENTERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENOUS THROMBOSIS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0036632331     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-200207000-00008     Document Type: Article

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