Venothromboembolism

Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 649-683

  Fields, J Matthew ^a   Goyal, Munish ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

D DIMER; HEPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN;

ANTICOAGULATION; BLEEDING; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DRUG COST; DRUG FATALITY; HUMAN; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; THROMBOPHLEBITIS; THROMBOSIS; ULTRASOUND; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 48949118942     PISSN: 07338627     EISSN: 07338627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.emc.2008.04.004     Document Type: Review

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