Patient ethnicity and use of venous thromboembolism prophylaxis

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 23-29

  Gelber, Rebecca P ^a   Seto, Todd B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Prophylaxis; Thromboembolism; Venous thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ENOXAPARIN; HEPARIN; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BLEEDING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONSENSUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENDER; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HIP FRACTURE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PACIFIC ISLANDER; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THROMBOSIS PREVENTION; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; ASIAN AMERICANS; CHEMOPREVENTION; DRUG UTILIZATION REVIEW; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HAWAII; HIP FRACTURES; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PACIFIC ISLANDS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THROMBOEMBOLISM; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 31844435572     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzi070     Document Type: Article

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