Deep vein thrombosis in chronically bedridden elderly individuals [13]

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 866-867

  Valderrama, Adelheide ^a   Del Castillo, Javier ^a   DiazGranados, Carlos A ^a   Ortega, Juan C ^a   Guío, Gustavo ^a   Hernández, José I ^a   Molano, Eduardo ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE SAN JOSÉ   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; BED REST; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INCIDENCE; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROPHYLAXIS; HOMEBOUND PATIENT; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HOMEBOUND PERSONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 33745003443     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2006.00720.x     Document Type: Letter

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