Thromboprophylaxis practice patterns in two Western Australian teaching hospitals

Haematologica

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 586-593

  Eikelboom, John W ^a,b   Mazzarol, Anita ^c   Quinlan, Daniel J ^d   Beaver, Richard ^a   Williamson, James ^c   Yi, Qilong ^e   Hankey, Graeme J ^a,b  

^a ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Guidelines; Surgery; Thromboprophylaxis; Venous thromboembolism

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; HEPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLEEDING; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TRANSFUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICOAGULANTS; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEPARIN, LOW-MOLECULAR-WEIGHT; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THROMBOEMBOLISM; VENOUS THROMBOSIS; WARFARIN; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 2542494074     PISSN: 03906078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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