Attitudes towards and practice of venous thromboembolism prevention in general internal medicine wards: A multinational survey from member countries of the European Federation of Internal Medicine

Thrombosis Research

Volumn 129, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 573-576

  Vardi, Moshe ^a,b   Dagna, Lorenzo ^c   Haran, Michal ^d   Duckit, Roger ^e  

^a CARMEL MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^c SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d KAPLAN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^e WORTHING HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Internal Medicine; Medical patients; Prophylaxis; Venous thromboembolism

Indexed keywords

FONDAPARINUX; HEPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN;

BLEEDING; EMBOLISM PREVENTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; WARD;

EID: 84860441430     PISSN: 00493848     EISSN: 18792472     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.thromres.2011.07.043     Document Type: Article

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