Are national guidelines for total hip replacement in the UK reflected in practice?

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 108-115

  Abraham, A ^a   Hajipour, L ^a   Innes, A R ^b   Phillips, H ^c   McCaskie, A W ^a  

^a FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b WANSBECK GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NORFOLK AND NORWICH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arthroplasty; Audit; Hip; Postal questionnaire; Total hip replacement

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFAMANDOLE; CEFRADINE; CEFUROXIME; HEPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; WARFARIN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPRESSION THERAPY; CONSULTATION; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FOLLOW UP; HIP DISEASE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; POSTAL MAIL; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PROSTHESIS LOOSENING; QUESTIONNAIRE; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONSENSUS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; QUESTIONNAIRES; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33644947728     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588406X82943     Document Type: Article

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