Incidence of Venous Thromboembolic Events among Nursing Home Residents

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 934-936

  Gomes, Josephine P ^a,e   Shaheen, Wassim H ^b   Truong, Son V ^b   Brown, Edward F ^c   Beasley, Brent W ^d   Gajewski, Byron J ^c  

^a William Newton Mem Hosp W   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Incidence; Nursing homes; Venous thromboembolism

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ARDEPARIN; DALTEPARIN; DANAPAROID; ENOXAPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NURSING HOME; PATIENT CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; UNITED STATES; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0345095465     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1497.2003.21133.x     Document Type: Article

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