Intermittent Pneumatic Compression Is Effective in Preventing Symptomatic Pulmonary Embolism after Thoracic Surgery

Surgery Today

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 6-10

  Nagahiro, Itaru ^a   Andou, Akio ^a   Aoe, Motoi ^a   Sano, Yoshifumi ^a   Date, Hiroshi ^a   Shimizu, Nobuyoshi ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Iliac compression syndrome; Intermittent pneumatic compression; Postoperative pulmonary embolism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPRESSION THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMITTENT PNEUMATIC COMPRESSION; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MOBILIZATION; PATIENT POSITIONING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREVALENCE; PROPHYLAXIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL APPROACH; THORAX SURGERY;

AGED; BANDAGES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PRESSURE; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0348231685     PISSN: 09411291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00595-003-2636-x     Document Type: Article

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