Venous Thromboembolism After Spinal Cord Injury

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 232-245

  Teasell, Robert W ^a,b   Hsieh, Jane T ^b   Aubut, Jo Anne L ^b   Eng, Janice J ^c,d,e   Krassioukov, Andrei ^d,e   Tu, Linh ^b  

^a WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b LAWSON HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^e INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION ON REPAIR DISCOVERIES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Rehabilitation; Spinal cord injuries; Venous thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; DALTEPARIN; DANAPAROID; DIPYRIDAMOLE; ENOXAPARIN; HEPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; PLACEBO; WARFARIN;

BLEEDING; CINAHL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPRESSION BANDAGE; DATA EXTRACTION; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG COST; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG PROTEIN BINDING; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; EMBASE; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MEDLINE; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PSYCINFO; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; VENA CAVA FILTER; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ANTICOAGULANTS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DEMOGRAPHY; HEMOFILTRATION; HEPARIN; HEPARIN, LOW-MOLECULAR-WEIGHT; HUMANS; INTERMITTENT PNEUMATIC COMPRESSION DEVICES; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 60349121585     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2008.09.557     Document Type: Review

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