High incidence of symptomatic venous thromboembolism in Thai hospitalized medical patients without thromboprophylaxis

Blood Coagulation and Fibrinolysis

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 334-338

  Aniwan, Satimai ^a   Rojnuckarin, Ponlapat ^a  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Deep vein thrombosis; Incidence; Medical patients; Prophylaxis; Pulmonary embolism; Venous thromboembolism

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GASTRODUODENAL ULCER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEG EDEMA; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SUDDEN DEATH; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; THAILAND; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOSIS PREVENTION; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THAILAND; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 77951887795     PISSN: 09575235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MBC.0b013e328338dbfa     Document Type: Article

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