Deep vein thrombosis in orthopedic surgery

Clinical and Applied Thrombosis/Hemostasis

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 512-516

  Calfon, Marcella ^a,c   Seddighzadeh, Ali ^b   Piazza, Gregory ^c   Goldhaber, Samuel Z ^c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BIOGEN   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Deep vein thrombosis; Orthopedic surgery; Prophylaxis; Pulmonary embolism; Risk factors; Venous thromboembolism

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; COMORBIDITY; COMPRESSION GARMENT; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSPNEA; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; NEOPLASM; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; THROMBOSIS PREVENTION; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 70449643543     PISSN: 10760296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1076029608330471     Document Type: Article

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