Flight related deep vein thrombosis

Scottish Medical Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 123-126

  Yeung, Justin M C ^a   Lingam, K ^a  

^a DERBYSHIRE ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTITHROMBIN III; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 10A; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 5 LEIDEN; D DIMER; HEPARIN; HEPARIN CALCIUM; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; PROTEIN C; PROTEIN S; RELAXIN; TINZAPARIN;

BLEEDING; BLOOD EXAMINATION; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HALF LIFE; FIBRINOLYSIS; FLIGHT; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEG COMPRESSION; LEG MOVEMENT; LUNG EMBOLISM; MORTALITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POPLITEAL VEIN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL RISK; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TRAVEL; VEIN BLOOD FLOW;

EID: 0036983106     PISSN: 00369330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003693300204700601     Document Type: Review

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