Optimizing prevention of hospital-acquired venous thromboembolism (VTE): Prospective validation of a VTE risk assessment model

Journal of Hospital Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 10-18

  Maynard, Gregory A ^a   Morris, Timothy A ^a   Jenkins, Ian H ^a   Stone, Sarah ^b   Lee, Joshua ^a   Renvall, Marian ^c   Fink, Ed ^d   Schoenhaus, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Sharp Rees Stealy Medical Group   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Adhesence; Care standerdization; Computerized physician orders entry; Deep vein thrombosis prophylaxis; Improvement; Preventive services; Quality; Thromboembolism; Venous

Indexed keywords

FONDAPARINUX; HEPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; WARFARIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; DIGITAL IMAGING; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEPARIN INDUCED THROMBOCYTOPENIA; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ACQUIRED VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERMITTENT PNEUMATIC COMPRESSION DEVICE; KAPPA STATISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEDICAL SERVICE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; THROMBOSIS PREVENTION; TREATMENT REFUSAL; VALIDATION STUDY; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MEDICAL ORDER ENTRY SYSTEMS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OBSERVATION; PATIENTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75149183318     PISSN: 15535592     EISSN: 15535606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jhm.562     Document Type: Article

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