Flying and thromboembolism

Australian Prescriber

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 148-150

  Firkin, Frank ^a   Nandurkar, Harshal ^a,b  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Economy class syndrome; Heparin

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 5 LEIDEN; ESTROGEN; GESTAGEN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; WARFARIN;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; AVIATION; BLEEDING; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; COMORBIDITY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG USE; EMBOLISM PREVENTION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INCIDENCE; LUNG EMBOLISM; NEOPLASM; RECOMMENDED DRUG DOSE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SCREENING TEST; SHORT STATURE; SHORT SURVEY; THROMBOPHILIA; THROMBOSIS PREVENTION; TRAVEL; VARICOSIS; VENOUS RETURN; VENOUS STASIS; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 73949091994     PISSN: 03128008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18773/austprescr.2009.073     Document Type: Short Survey

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