Does aspirin have a role in venous thromboembolism prophylaxis in total knee arthroplasty patients?

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1053-1060

  Bozic, Kevin J ^a   Vail, Thomas P ^a   Pekow, Penelope S ^b   Maselli, Judith H ^a   Lindenauer, Peter K ^b   Auerbach, Andrew D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspirin; Clinical practice guidelines; Outcomes; Total knee arthroplasty; Venous thromboembolism prophylaxis (VTEP)

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; FONDAPARINUX; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; WARFARIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; SURGICAL INFECTION; THROMBOSIS PREVENTION; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

AGED; ANTICOAGULANTS; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; ASPIRIN; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEPARIN, LOW-MOLECULAR-WEIGHT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; POLYSACCHARIDES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; WARFARIN;

EID: 77957268209     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2009.06.021     Document Type: Article

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