Is upper extremity deep venous thrombosis underdiagnosed in trauma patients?

American Surgeon

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 124-128

  Spaniolas, Konstantinos ^a   Velmahos, George C ^a,b   Wicky, Stephan ^b   Nussbaumer, Karen ^b   Petrovick, Laurie ^a   Gervasini, Alice ^a   De Moya, Marc ^a   Alam, Hasan B ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; DALTEPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN;

ADULT; ARM INJURY; ARTICLE; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLICY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ARM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; VENOUS THROMBOSIS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 40949135025     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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