Venous thromboembolism prophylaxis for patients undergoing bariatric surgery: a systematic review

Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 213-220

  Agarwal, Rajender ^a   Hecht, Todd E H ^b   Lazo, Myra C ^a   Umscheid, Craig A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bariatric surgery; Bariatrics; Morbid obesity; Venous thromboembolism; Venous thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ENOXAPARIN; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; FONDAPARINUX; HEPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; NADROPARIN; PARNAPARIN; WARFARIN;

BARIATRIC SURGERY; BLEEDING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERMITTENT PNEUMATIC COMPRESSION DEVICE; LUNG EMBOLISM; MOBILIZATION; OBESITY; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL RISK; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THROMBOSIS PREVENTION; TREATMENT DURATION; VENA CAVA FILTER; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ANTICOAGULANTS; BARIATRIC SURGERY; CHEMOPREVENTION; HEPARIN; HUMANS; INTERMITTENT PNEUMATIC COMPRESSION DEVICES; OBESITY, MORBID; STOCKINGS, COMPRESSION; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 77950023284     PISSN: 15507289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soard.2009.11.018     Document Type: Review

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