Practices and perceptions of physicians to prescribing elastic compression stockings in a single center in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1465-1468

  AlGahtani, Farjah H ^a   Al Diab, Abdulrahman I ^a   Isnani, Arthur C ^b  

^a KING KHALID UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPRESSION GARMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; EDEMA; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; RECURRENT DISEASE; SAUDI ARABIA; SYMPTOM; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; SAUDI ARABIA; STOCKINGS, COMPRESSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 70449636177     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: 16583175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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