The efficacy of intermittent pneumatic compression in the prevention of venous thromboembolism in medical critically ill patients

Chinese Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 563-565

  Zhang, Chuan ^a   Zeng, Wei ^b   Zhou, Hong ^b   Zheng, Bi Xia ^b   Cheng, Jin Chuan ^b   Li, Xiao Yu ^b   Jiang, Yuan Pu ^b   Jiang, Li Dong ^b   Li, Xiao Jin ^b  

^a CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Critically ill patients; Intermittent pneumatic compression; Medical; Prevention; Thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; HEART DEATH; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERMITTENT PNEUMATIC COMPRESSION DEVICE; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTERMITTENT PNEUMATIC COMPRESSION DEVICES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; THROMBOEMBOLISM; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 80054853411     PISSN: 10030603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1003-0603.2011.09.012     Document Type: Article

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