Prevention of pulmonary embolism in general surgery patients

Circulation

Volumn 115, Issue 9, 2007, Pages

  Zurawska, Urszula ^a   Parasuraman, Sudha ^b,c   Goldhaber, Samuel Z ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Anticoagulants; Embolism; Heparin; Prophylaxis; Risk factors; Surgery; Thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ENOXAPARIN; FONDAPARINUX; HEPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; ESTROGEN; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

ADULT; BLEEDING; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPRESSION STOCKING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; EMBOLISM PREVENTION; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMAN; INTERMITTENT PNEUMATIC COMPRESSION DEVICE; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROTOMY; LOW DRUG DOSE; LUNG EMBOLISM; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SPLENECTOMY; THORAX PAIN; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; ARTICLE; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; FETUS DEATH; FEVER; INJURY; META ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; THROMBOPHILIA; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; CHEST PAIN; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR COAGULATION; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; FEVER; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HEPARIN; HEPARIN, LOW-MOLECULAR-WEIGHT; HUMANS; LAPAROTOMY; META-ANALYSIS; NEOPLASMS; OBESITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RISK FACTORS; SPLENECTOMY; THROMBOPHILIA; VENOUS THROMBOSIS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 33947606594     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.106.674663     Document Type: Review

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