Venous thromboembolism prophylaxis in the critically ill: a point prevalence survey of current practice in Australian and New Zealand intensive care units

Critical Care and Resuscitation

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 9-15

  Robertson, Megan S ^a   Nichol, Alistair D ^b   Higgins, Alisa M ^b   Bailey, Michael J ^b   Presneill, Jeffrey J ^c,d   Cooper, D James ^b,e   Webb, Steven A ^f,g   McArthur, Colin ^h   MacIsaac, Christopher M ⁱ  

^a EPWORTH HEALTHCARE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c MATER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^e ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^g ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^h AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

ⁱ ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; HEPARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CRITICAL ILLNESS; E-MAIL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERMITTENT PNEUMATIC COMPRESSION DEVICE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEW ZEALAND; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANTS; AUSTRALIA; CRITICAL ILLNESS; ELECTRONIC MAIL; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEPARIN; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTERMITTENT PNEUMATIC COMPRESSION DEVICES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 77952776882     PISSN: 14412772     EISSN: 26529335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1441-2772(23)01366-2     Document Type: Article

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