Postoperative pulmonary embolism including asymptomatic cases in gynecologic oncology

International Journal of Gynecological Cancer

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 655-663

  Okadome, Masao ^a   Saito, Toshiaki ^a   Miyahara, Daisuke ^d   Yamanaka, Takeharu ^b   Kuroiwa, Toshiro ^c   Kurihara, Yujiro ^a  

^a NATIONAL KYUSHU CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^b Institute for Clinical Research   (Japan)

^c Department of Radiology ^*  (Japan)

^d FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asymptomatic cases; Gynecologic surgery; Prophylaxis; Pulmonary embolism; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; DALTEPARIN;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPRESSION GARMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMBOLISM PREVENTION; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERMITTENT PNEUMATIC COMPRESSION DEVICE; LITHOTOMY; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG SCINTISCANNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT POSITIONING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; SYMPTOM; VENOUS FOOT PUMP;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77952258545     PISSN: 1048891X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/IGC.0b013e3181bdbeb5     Document Type: Article

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