Venous Thromboembolism as a Marker of Quality of Care in Trauma

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 208, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Huseynova, Khumar ^a   Xiong, Wei ^a   Ray, Joel G ^a   Ahmed, Najma ^a   Nathens, Avery B ^a  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DATA BASE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INJURY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 62349105310     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2009.01.002     Document Type: Article

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