Dramatic increase in venous thromboembolism in children's hospitals in the United States from 2001 to 2007

Pediatrics

Volumn 124, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1000-1008

  Raffini, Leslie ^a,b   Huang, Yuan Shung ^a   Witmer, Char ^a,b   Feudtner, Chris ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anticoagulation; Epidemiology; Newborn; Thromboembolism; Thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ARGATROBAN; DALTEPARIN; DANAPAROID; ENOXAPARIN; FONDAPARINUX; HEPARIN; HIRULOG; LEPIRUDIN; TINZAPARIN; WARFARIN; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; AGE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL; HOSPITALIZATION; MORTALITY; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL RATE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTICOAGULANTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 70349729990     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2009-0768     Document Type: Article

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