Fatal pulmonary embolism, death rates and standardised mortality ratios after primary total hip replacement in a joint replacement centre

HIP International

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 59-63

  Khan, Amer ^a,b   Kiryluk, S ^a   Fordyce, M J F ^a  

^a The Horder Center for Arthritis   (United Kingdom)

^b Avon Orthopaedic Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Death; Pulmonary embolism; Standardised mortality ratio; Total hip replacement

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; HEPARIN; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPRESSION THERAPY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATALITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; JOINT PROSTHESIS; LOW DRUG DOSE; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MOBILIZATION; MORTALITY; OUTPATIENT CARE; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TELEPHONE; THROMBOSIS PREVENTION; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; UNITED KINGDOM; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

EID: 34547667465     PISSN: 11207000     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5301/HIP.2008.2710     Document Type: Article

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