Improving practices in us hospitals to prevent venous thromboembolism: Lessons from ENDORSE

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 123, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1099-1106.e8

  Anderson Jr , Frederick A ^a   Goldhaber, Samuel Z ^b   Tapson, Victor F ^c   Bergmann, Jean Francois ^d   Kakkar, Ajay K ^e   Deslandes, Bruno ^f   Huang, Wei ^a   Cohen, Alexander T ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^e QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f SANOFI   (France)

^g KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Guideline adherence; Prophylaxis; Venous thromboembolism

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBOLISM PREVENTION; EMERGENCY CARE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL BED; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; UNITED STATES; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 78650495193     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2010.07.011     Document Type: Article

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