Prescribing attitude of general practitioners in front of patients with deep vein thrombosis suspicion [7]

Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1629-1631

  Le Gal, Grégoire ^a   Gagne, P ^a   Leroyer, C ^a   Auffret, Michel ^b   Bernard, Dominique ^b   Boscherie, Michèle ^b   Bresin Durand, Gabrielle ^b   Gestin, Jacques ^b   Jouen, Eric ^b   Labalette, Marie Luce ^b   Le Bouch, Yann ^b   Le Menn Bureau, Dominique ^b   Madec Bougeard, Geneviève ^b   Pichon, Karine ^b  

^a BREST UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULATION; CONSENSUS; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; LETTER; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POPLITEAL CYST; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICOAGULANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 33745247382     PISSN: 15387933     EISSN: 15387836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1538-7836.2006.02005.x     Document Type: Letter

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