Prophylaxis for deep venous thrombosis: Knowledge and practice of surgeons

Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 16-20

  Zobeiri, Mehdi ^a   Najafi, Farid ^a  

^a KERMANSHAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Deep venous thrombosis; Prophylaxis; Risk; Surgery

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; IRAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGEON; THROMBOSIS PREVENTION;

EID: 79551571732     PISSN: 1682024X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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