Creation and validation of a simple venous thromboembolism risk scoring tool for thermally injured patients: Analysis of the national burn repository

Journal of Burn Care and Research

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 20-25

  Pannucci, Christopher John ^a   Osborne, Nicholas H ^a   Wahl, Wendy L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; THERMAL INJURY; VALIDATION PROCESS; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BURNS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SURVIVAL RATE; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855768928     PISSN: 1559047X     EISSN: 15590488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BCR.0b013e318234d8b5     Document Type: Article

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