Surveillance duplex scanning to prevent venous thromboembolism: Does it make a difference in rehabilitation unit patients?

Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1872-1874

  Tincani, E ^a   Crowther, M A ^b   Bernardini, A ^a   Foroni, M ^a  

^a Nuovo Ospedale S Agostino   (Italy)

^b ST JOSEPH S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN;

ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; BLEEDING; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHABILITATION PATIENT; VEIN THROMBOSIS; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; REHABILITATION; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 77958524247     PISSN: 15387933     EISSN: 15387836     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1538-7836.2010.03915.x     Document Type: Letter

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