Venous thromboembolism (VTE) in hospitalized cancer patients: Prophylaxis failure or failure to prophylax!

Journal of Thrombosis and Thrombolysis

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 107-112

  Abdel Razeq, Hikmat ^a   Albadainah, Faisal ^a   Hijjawi, Shadi ^a   Mansour, Asem ^a   Treish, Imad ^a  

^a KING HUSSEIN CANCER CENTER   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Cancer; Heparin; Low molecular weight heparin; Thromboembolism

Indexed keywords

ENOXAPARIN;

ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; EMBOLISM PREVENTION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERMITTENT PNEUMATIC COMPRESSION DEVICE; LEG THROMBOSIS; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT FAILURE; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANTS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT FAILURE; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 78651507403     PISSN: 09295305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11239-010-0509-x     Document Type: Article

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