Effect of age on the incidence of venous thromboembolism after major surgery

Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 2, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1327-1333

  White, R H ^a,c   Zhou, H ^a   Gage, B F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery   (United States)

^c PSSB   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Complications; Epidemiology; Surgery; Thromboembolism; Venous thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; VASCULAR SURGERY; VEIN THROMBOSIS; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; COHORT STUDIES; DATABASES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; THROMBOEMBOLISM; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 13244258321     PISSN: 15387933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1538-7836.2004.00848.x     Document Type: Article

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