Thromboprophylaxis post vaginal delivery: Are we forgetting it? Audit on thromboprophylaxis prescription post vaginal births

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 27-29

  Tan, E K ^a,b   Wisdom, S J ^a  

^a DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENOXAPARIN; HEPARIN;

ADULT; AWARENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTAL DELIVERY; LEG COMPRESSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNITY WARD; MEDICAL STAFF; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; THROMBOSIS PREVENTION; VAGINAL DELIVERY; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ANTICOAGULANTS; BANDAGES; DEHYDRATION; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; EARLY AMBULATION; ENOXAPARIN; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; POSTNATAL CARE; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCOTLAND; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 30344467528     PISSN: 01443615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01443610500363956     Document Type: Review

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