Deep venous thrombosis in medical-surgical critically ill patients: Prevalence, incidence, and risk factors

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1565-1571

  Cook, Deborah ^a   Crowther, Mark ^a   Meade, Maureen ^a   Rabbat, Christian ^a   Griffith, Lauren ^a   Schiff, David ^a   Geerts, William ^b   Guyatt, Gordon ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Critical care; Deep venous thrombosis; Incidence; Prevalence; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; HEPARIN; HYPERTENSIVE AGENT; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPRESSION THERAPY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INJURY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; THROMBOSIS PREVENTION; ULTRASOUND THERAPY;

EID: 22144451498     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000171207.95319.B2     Document Type: Article

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