Dutch orthopedic thromboprophylaxis: A 5-year follow-up survey

Acta Orthopaedica

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 109-112

  Ettema, Harmen B ^a   Mulder, Marieke C ^a   Nurmohamed, Michael T ^b   Büller, Harry R ^c   Verheyen, Cees C P M ^a  

^a ISALA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIVITAMIN K; COUMARIN; DALTEPARIN; ENOXAPARIN; FONDAPARINUX; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; NADROPARIN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; VITAMIN K GROUP;

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; FEMUR FRACTURE; FOLLOW UP; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NETHERLANDS; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; THROMBOSIS PREVENTION; TIBIA FRACTURE; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTICOAGULANTS; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; COUMARINS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEPARIN, LOW-MOLECULAR-WEIGHT; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; POLYSACCHARIDES; QUESTIONNAIRES; STOCKINGS, COMPRESSION; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 61649122624     PISSN: 17453674     EISSN: 17453682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17453670902807441     Document Type: Article

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