Clinically significant venous thromboembolic complications in burn patients receiving unfractionated heparin or enoxaparin as prophylaxis

Journal of Burn Care and Research

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 578-582

  Bushwitz, Jennifer ^a   Leclaire, Aimée ^a   He, Jinghua ^b   Mozingo, David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENOXAPARIN; HEPARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BURN; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; HEPARIN INDUCED THROMBOCYTOPENIA; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROPHYLAXIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANTS; BURNS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ENOXAPARIN; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEPARIN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 81155130996     PISSN: 1559047X     EISSN: 15590488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BCR.0b013e31822dc3c7     Document Type: Article

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