Does anticoagulation prevent thrombosis for persons with fractures distal to the hip?

Journal of Family Practice

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 376-377

  Brogren, Julie ^a   Kelsberg, Gary ^a   Safranek, Sarah ^b  

^a Valley Family Medicine Residency   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; NADROPARIN; PLACEBO; REVIPARIN; TINZAPARIN; WARFARIN;

ANTICOAGULATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INCIDENCE; LEG FRACTURE; LUNG EMBOLISM; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PLASTER CAST; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THROMBOSIS PREVENTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; AGE; FRACTURE; LEG INJURY; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

AGE FACTORS; ANTICOAGULANTS; FRACTURES, BONE; HEPARIN, LOW-MOLECULAR-WEIGHT; HUMANS; LEG INJURIES; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 18444365263     PISSN: 00943509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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