The Anticoagulation of Calf Thrombosis (ACT) project: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Trials

Volumn 13, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Horner, Daniel ^a,b   Hogg, Kerstin ^c   Body, Richard ^a,b   Nash, Michael J ^d   Mackway Jones, Kevin ^a,b  

^a MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anticoagulants; Embolism; Lower extremity; Venous thrombosis

Indexed keywords

LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; WARFARIN; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; ECHOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LONG TERM CARE; LUNG EMBOLISM; OPEN STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PILOT STUDY; POPLITEAL VEIN; POSTTHROMBOSIS SYNDROME; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCREENING TEST; SUDDEN DEATH; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; ACUTE DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; LEG; SAMPLE SIZE; VASCULARIZATION; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANTICOAGULANTS; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; HUMANS; LEG; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAMPLE SIZE; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 84859139088     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-6215-13-31     Document Type: Article

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