Frequency and timming of clinical venous thromboembolism after major joint surgery

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 386-391

  Bjornara B T ^a   Gudmundsen, T E ^a   Dahl, Ola E ^b  

^a Buskerud Hospital and University College ^*  (Norway)

^b THROMBOSIS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DALTEPARIN; ENOXAPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN;

ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; HIP FRACTURE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; AGED; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; JOINT; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; LENGTH OF STAY; METHODOLOGY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; TIME; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; JOINTS; LENGTH OF STAY; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 33644939196     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.88B3.17207     Document Type: Article

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