Brief report: Graduated compression stocking thromboprophylaxis for elderly inpatients: A propensity analysis

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1282-1287

  Labarere, Jose ^a,b   Bosson, Jean Luc ^a,b   Sevestre, Marie Antoinette ^c   Delmas, Anne Sophie ^d   Dupas, Stéphane ^c   Thenault, Marie Hélène ^e   Legagneux, Annie ^f   Boge, Gudrun ^g   Terriat, Béatrice ^h   Pernod, Gilles ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE TIMC IMAG   (France)

^b GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c AMIENS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^d LE HAVRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^e CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE CHAMBÉRY   (France)

^f Hôpital mémorial   (France)

^g MONTPELLIER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^h DIJON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Aged; Bandages; Inpatients; Prevention and control; Venous thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; DALTEPARIN; ENOXAPARIN; HEPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; NADROPARIN; REVIPARIN; TINZAPARIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BANDAGE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPRESSION THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PREVALENCE; PROPHYLAXIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDIES; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; STOCKINGS, COMPRESSION; TREATMENT FAILURE; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 33750534385     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2006.00623.x     Document Type: Article

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