Venous thromboembolism. Prophylaxis on a Saturday morning in a district hospital

International Angiology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 330-332

  Fassiadis, N ^a   Stavrianakis, C ^a   Moghraby, O S ^a   Gandhi, P ^a   Smedley, F H ^a  

^a Bromley Hospitals NHS Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Guidelines; Physicians; Thromboembolism, prevention and control; Venous thrombosis

Indexed keywords

TINZAPARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPRESSION THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TIME; VEIN DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BANDAGES; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEPARIN, LOW-MOLECULAR-WEIGHT; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TIME FACTORS; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 0036942093     PISSN: 03929590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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