Perioperative pharmacologic prophylaxis for venous thromboembolism in colorectal surgery

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 213, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Kwon, Steve ^a   Meissner, Mark ^a   Symons, Rebecca ^a   Steele, Scott ^d   Thirlby, Richard ^b   Billingham, Rick ^c   Flum, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA MASON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c SWEDISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 10A INHIBITOR; HEPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLORECTAL SURGERY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; THROMBOSIS PREVENTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 80055084584     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: 18791190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2011.07.015     Document Type: Article

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