Adherence to guideline-directed venous thromboembolism prophylaxis among medical and surgical inpatients at 33 academic medical centers in the United States

American Journal of Medical Quality

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 174-180

  Schleyer, Anneliese M ^a   Schreuder, Astrid B ^a   Jarman, Kenneth M ^a   LoGerfo, James P ^a   Goss, J Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

benchmarking; guidelines; hospital medicine; prophylaxis; venous thromboembolism

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITY CONTROL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BENCHMARKING; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGERY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; UNITED STATES; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 79955869478     PISSN: 10628606     EISSN: 1555824X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1062860610382289     Document Type: Article

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