Prophylaxis of central venous catheter-related thrombosis with minidose warfarin: Analysis of its use in 427 cancer patients

Anticancer Research

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 3143-3148

  Magagnoli, Massimo ^a   Masci, Giovanna ^a   Castagna, Luca ^a   Zucali, Paolo Andrea ^a   Morenghi, Emanuela ^a   Pedicini, Vittorio ^a   Santoro, Armando ^a  

^a HUMANITAS CLINICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Italy)

Author keywords

Catheters; Chemotherapy; Prophylaxis; Thrombosis; Warfarin

Indexed keywords

FLUOROURACIL; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; FEMALE; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LEUKEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONITORING; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PERIPHERAL BLOOD STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; SARCOMA; STOMACH CANCER; THROMBOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICOAGULANTS; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; THROMBOSIS; WARFARIN;

EID: 22944486343     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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