Venous thromboembolism in the elderly: Results of a program to improve prevention;Maladie thromboembolique veineuse chez la personne âgée : résultat d'un programme d'amélioration de la qualité de la prévention

Journal des Maladies Vasculaires

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 330-337

  Sevestre, M A ^a,b   Labarere J ^a   Caminzuli, M ^b   Terriat, B ^c   Leroux, P ^d   Bosson, J L ^a  

^a GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b AMIENS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c HÔPITAL DU BOCAGE   (France)

^d La Roche sur Yon Hospital   (France)

Author keywords

Aged; Guidelines; Prevention; Venous thromboembolism

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; HEPARIN CALCIUM;

AGED; ARTICLE; COMPRESSION GARMENT; COMPRESSION THERAPY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DECUBITUS; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ELDERLY CARE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KINESIOTHERAPY; MOBILIZATION; NURSING CARE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE; THROMBOSIS PREVENTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICOAGULANTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FRANCE; HEMORRHAGE; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PRESSURE ULCER; PREVALENCE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STOCKINGS, COMPRESSION; THROMBOPHLEBITIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 72049108388     PISSN: 03980499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmv.2009.06.002     Document Type: Article

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