Prevention of venous thrombosis and thrombophlebitis in long-haul flights with Pycnogenol®

Clinical and Applied Thrombosis/Hemostasis

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 373-377

  Belcaro, G ^a   Cesarone, M R ^a   Rohdewald, P ^a   Ricci, A ^a   Ippolito, E ^a   Dugall, M ^a   Griffin, M ^a   Ruffini, I ^a   Acerbi, G ^a   Vinciguerra, M G ^a   Bavera, P ^a   Di Renzo, A ^a   Errichi, B M ^a   Cerritelli, F ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Airplanes; Edema; Fibrinolysis; Flight microangiopathy; Long haul flights; Noninvasive investigations; Prevention; Travel; Ultrasound; Venous thrombosis

Indexed keywords

PYCNOGENOL;

ARTICLE; AVIATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLIGHT; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIDE EFFECT; THROMBOPHLEBITIS; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

AVIATION; EXERCISE; FEMORAL VEIN; FLAVONOIDS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; POPLITEAL VEIN; PREMEDICATION; THROMBOPHLEBITIS; TIBIA; TRAVEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 6344261835     PISSN: 10760296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107602960401000410     Document Type: Article

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