Intervention targeted at nurses to improve venous thromboprophylaxis

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 301-308

  Labarere, Jose ^a,b   Bosson, Jean Luc ^a,b   Sevestre, Marie Antoinette ^b,c   Sellier, Elodie ^a   Richaud, Cecile ^a   Legagneux, Annie ^d  

^a GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c AMIENS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^d Mémorial France Etats Unis Hospital   (France)

Author keywords

Aged; Aged 80 and over; Nurses; Practice guidelines; Randomized controlled trial; Venous thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTIVITAMIN K; HEPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPRESSION THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; EMERGENCY CARE; FRANCE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOBILIZATION; NURSE; NURSING CARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOEMBOLISM; THROMBOSIS PREVENTION; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICOAGULANTS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FRANCE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; STOCKINGS, COMPRESSION; VENOUS THROMBOSIS; WALKING;

EID: 34648825685     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: 14643677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzm034     Document Type: Article

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