Venous thrombosis prevention - More than just guidelines

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 50-54

  Clark, Peter ^a   Wu, Olivia ^b   Greer, Ian A ^c   Lowe, Gordon D O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Audit; Guideline implementation; Hospital associated venous thromboembolism; Thrombosis prevention

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

AWARENESS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; EMBOLISM PREVENTION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL POLICY; HUMAN; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; STAFF TRAINING; THROMBOSIS PREVENTION; UNITED KINGDOM; VEIN THROMBOSIS; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

GREAT BRITAIN; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 77949383693     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2010.08080.x     Document Type: Review

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