Blood flow velocity of the femoral vein with foot exercise compared to pneumatic foot compression

Journal of Clinical Anesthesia

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 102-105

  Yamashita, Koichi ^a   Yokoyama, Takeshi ^a   Kitaoka, Noriko ^a   Nishiyama, Tomoki ^b   Manabe, Masanobu ^a  

^a KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Deep vein thrombosis; Femoral vein; Foot exercise; Intensive care unit; Peak blood flow velocity; Pneumatic foot compression

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANKLE; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FEMORAL VEIN; FOOT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; MOLECULAR PROBE; NURSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 16244422349     PISSN: 09528180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinane.2004.05.007     Document Type: Article

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