Acute pharmacological DVT prophylaxis after spinal cord injury

Journal of Neurotrauma

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1509-1514

  Christie, Sean ^a   Thibault Halman, Ginette ^b   Casha, Steven ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH II HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

deep vein thrombosis; spinal cord injury

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; ENOXAPARIN; HEMOGLOBIN; HEPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; TINZAPARIN;

ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; BLEEDING; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPRESSION GARMENT; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; HEMATOTHORAX; HEMATURIA; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MOBILIZATION; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RETROPERITONEAL HEMATOMA; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THORAX INJURY; THROMBOEMBOLISM; VEIN BLOOD FLOW;

FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HEPARIN, LOW-MOLECULAR-WEIGHT; HUMANS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 79960785028     PISSN: 08977151     EISSN: 15579042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/neu.2009.1155-A     Document Type: Review

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