Chest physicians' knowledge of appropriate thromboprophylaxis: Insights from the PROMOTE study

Blood Coagulation and Fibrinolysis

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 667-672

  Bikdeli, Behnood ^a,b   Sharif Kashani, Babak ^a   Raeissi, Sasan ^a   Ehteshami Afshar, Solmaz ^a   Behzadnia, Neda ^a   Masjedi, Mohammad Reza ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Knowledge; Prophylaxis; Questionnaire; Venous thromboembolism

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CARDIOLOGIST; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; KNOWLEDGE; LUNG DISEASE; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SURGEON; TUBERCULOSIS; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; ANTICOAGULANTS; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; THORACOSCOPY; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 84855205937     PISSN: 09575235     EISSN: 14735733     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MBC.0b013e32834ad76d     Document Type: Article

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