A comparison of low-molecular-weight heparin and combined therapy of low-molecular-weight heparin with an anti-inflammatory agent in the treatment of superficial vein thrombosis

Phlebology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 56-60

  Uncu, Hakan ^a,b  

^a GÜVEN HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Anticoagulation; Calf vein thrombosis; Heparin; Inflammation; Thrombophlebitis

Indexed keywords

ACEMETACIN; NADROPARIN;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FATALITY; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; MALE; MORTALITY; PAIN; PERIPHERAL VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; VEIN THROMBOSIS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; INDOMETHACIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NADROPARIN; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; SAPHENOUS VEIN; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 66349138555     PISSN: 02683555     EISSN: 14333031     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/phleb.2008.008025     Document Type: Article

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