Approach to venous thromboembolism prophylaxis: Are we evolving fast enough in plastic surgery?

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 306-309

  Clavijo Alvarez, Julio A ^a   Rubin, J Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

DVT; PE; review; thromboprophylaxis; VTE

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PLASTIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; SURGERY, PLASTIC; UNITED STATES; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 79951767773     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e3181e35c79     Document Type: Review

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