Should patients with stroke wear compression stockings to prevent venous thromboembolism?

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 153, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 610-611

  Kearon, Clive ^a,c   O'Donnell, Martin ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^c HAMILTON HEALTH SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; HEPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN;

COMPRESSION GARMENT; ECHOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; INTERMITTENT PNEUMATIC COMPRESSION DEVICE; LOW DRUG DOSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; STROKE PATIENT; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 78951475007     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: 15393704     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-153-9-201011020-00285     Document Type: Editorial

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