Prevalence of deep vein thrombosis in patients affected by exacerbation of mild to moderate COPD at stage I-II of GOLD classification

Archives of Medical Science

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 62-65

  Lessiani, Gianfranco ^a,c   Falco, Angela ^a   Franzone, Giuseppina ^a   Saggini, Raoul ^b   Davi, Giovanni ^b  

^a Villa Serena Hospital   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^c Casa di Cura Villa Serena   (Italy)

Author keywords

COPD; Deep vein thrombosis; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; SPIROMETRY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 42549106504     PISSN: 17341922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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