Thromboprophylaxis for patients at high risk of VTE - Authors' reply

The Lancet

Volumn 371, Issue 9628, 2008, Pages 1912-1913

  Cohen, AT ^a   Tapson, VF ^b   Anderson, FA ^c  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; HEPARIN;

ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HIP FRACTURE; HIP SURGERY; HUMAN; KNEE SURGERY; LETTER; LUNG EMBOLISM; MORTALITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; THROMBOSIS PREVENTION; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; HOSPITALIZATION; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; METHODOLOGY; NOTE;

ANTICOAGULANTS; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 44649109007     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(08)60827-2     Document Type: Letter

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