Electronic alerts to prevent venous thromboembolism among hospitalized patients

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 352, Issue 10, 2005, Pages

  Kucher, Nils ^a   Koo, Sophia ^a   Quiroz, Rene ^a   Cooper, Joshua M ^b   Paterno, Marilyn D ^c   Soukonnikov, Boris ^c   Goldhaber, Samuel Z ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c PARTNERS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; WARFARIN; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPRESSION THERAPY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; ELECTRONIC ALERT; ELECTRONICS; FEMALE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; THROMBOSIS PREVENTION; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; ADOLESCENT; BANDAGE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; REMINDER SYSTEM; RISK FACTOR; THROMBOEMBOLISM; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICOAGULANTS; BANDAGES; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; REMINDER SYSTEMS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SOFTWARE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 14744275842     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa041533     Document Type: Article

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