Ineffectiveness of measuring routine vital signs in adult inpatients with deep venous thrombosis

Clinical and Applied Thrombosis/Hemostasis

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 163-166

  Potti, Anil ^a   Panwalkar, Amit ^a   Hebert, Brian ^a   Sholes, Kaley ^a   Jo Lewis, Mary ^a   Hanley, James ^a  

^a UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences Southeast Campus   (United States)

Author keywords

Monitoring; Vital signs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BREATHING RATE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE RATE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0038724310     PISSN: 10760296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107602960300900212     Document Type: Article

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