Screening for deep venous thrombosis after idiopathic scoliosis surgery in children: A pilot study

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 144-149

  Kaabachi, Olfa ^a   Alkaissi, Ali ^b,c,d   Koubaa, Walid ^a   Aloui, Nadia ^d   El Houda Toumi, Nour ^e,f  

^a Institut National Mohammed Kassab d'Orthopedie   (Tunisia)

^b HANUSCH HOSPITAL   (Austria)

^c Orthopaedic Hospital of Speising   (Austria)

^d Paediatric Orthopaedic Department   (Tunisia)

^e Department of Radiology ^*  (Tunisia)

^f CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Children; Deep venous thrombosis; Prothrombotic protein deficiency; Scoliosis surgery

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; ANTITHROMBIN; GELATIN; MORPHINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL; PROPOFOL; PROTEIN C; PROTEIN S; ROCURONIUM; SUFENTANIL;

ADULT; ANTITHROMBIN DEFICIENCY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT; BLOOD LEVEL; BONE DYSPLASIA; CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINOPATHY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PILOT STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING; SPINE FUSION; SYMPTOM; THROMBOEMBOLISM; THROMBOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ANTITHROMBINS; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD COAGULATION TESTS; CHILD; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMANS; MALE; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PILOT PROJECTS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCOLIOSIS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 74349126208     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: 14609592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2009.03237.x     Document Type: Article

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