Prevention of Venous Thromboembolism: Practice Patterns in 17 Geographically Diverse Long Term Care Facilities in the United States: Part 1 of 2 (an AMDA Foundation Project)

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 298-302

  Dharmarajan, T S ^a,b   Nanda, Aman ^a,b   Agarwal, Bikash ^a,b   Agnihotri, Parag ^a,b   Doxsie, G L ^a,b   Gokula, Murthy ^a,b   Javaheri, Ashkan ^a,b   Kanagala, M ^a,b   Lebelt, Anna S ^a,b   Madireddy, Prasuna ^a,b   Mahapatra, Sourya ^a,b   Murakonda, P ^a,b   Muthavarapu, Ram Rao S ^a,b   Patel, Mennakshi ^a,b   Patterson, Christopher ^a,b   Soch, Kathleen ^a,b   Troncales, Anna ^a,b   Yaokim, Kamal ^a,b   Kroft, Robin ^a,b   Norkus, Edward P ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b AMDA Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

DVT; Mechanical measures to prevent VTE; Pulmonary embolism; Venous thromboembolism; Venous thromboembolism prophylaxis in LTC; VTE prophylaxis

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTOR; THROMBOSIS PREVENTION; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; UNITED STATES; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 84857191383     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2011.04.016     Document Type: Article

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