Venous thromboembolism in patients undergoing surgery: Low rates of prophylaxis and high rates of filter insertion

Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1220-1225

  Seddighzadeh, Ali ^a   Zurawska, Urszula ^b   Shetty, Ranjith ^a   Goldhaber, Samuel Z ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

General surgery; Inferior vena caval filters; Postoperative deep vein thrombosis; Prophylaxis; Pulmonary embolism

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DYSPNEA; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INDWELLING CATHETER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR SURGERY; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; OBESITY; PERIPHERAL EDEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SURGICAL PATIENT; THROMBECTOMY; THROMBOSIS PREVENTION; UNITED STATES; VENA CAVA FILTER; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

AGED; ANTICOAGULANTS; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; DYSPNEA; EDEMA; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; PAIN; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; UNITED STATES; VENA CAVA FILTERS; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 36949037548     PISSN: 03406245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1160/TH07-06-0405     Document Type: Article

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