The incidence of thromboembolism in the surgical intensive care unit

American Surgeon

Volumn 69, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 857-861

  Major, Kevin M ^a,b   Wilson, Matthew ^a   Nishi, Gregg K ^a   Farber, Alik ^a   Chopra, Ritu ^a   Chung, Alice ^a   Mcvay, Carie ^a   Spivak, Jacob ^a   Shabot, M Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; HEPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN;

ARTICLE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

ANTICOAGULANTS; FEMALE; HEPARIN; HEPARIN, LOW-MOLECULAR-WEIGHT; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0242348749     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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