Incidence of pulmonary embolus in combat casualties with extremity amputations and fractures

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 607-612

  Gillern, Suzanne M ^a,b   Sheppard, Forest R ^a,b,c   Evans, Korboi N ^a,b   Graybill, J Christopher ^a,b   Gage, Frederick A ^a,b   Forsberg, Jonathan A ^a,b,c   Dunne, James R ^b,c   Tadaki, Douglas K ^a,c   Elster, Eric A ^a,b,c  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Pulmonary embolus; War; Wounds, Combat

Indexed keywords

ENOXAPARIN; HEPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BATTLE INJURY; BLAST INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; HUMAN; LEG AMPUTATION; LEG FRACTURE; LONG BONE; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PELVIS FRACTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STUDENT T TEST; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMPUTATION, TRAUMATIC; ARM INJURIES; CHILD; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LEG INJURIES; MALE; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; WAR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052766851     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3182282574     Document Type: Article

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