Venous thromboembolism in the elderly: The result of comorbid conditions or a consequence of injury?

Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1286-1291

  Kim, Dennis Y ^a   Kobayashi, Leslie ^a   Barmparas, Galinos ^b   Fortlage, Dale ^a   Curry, Terry ^a   Coimbra, Raul ^a  

^a UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Deep vein thrombosis; Geriatric trauma; Outcomes; Pulmonary embolism; Risk factors; Thromboembolism

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; COMORBIDITY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC DISORDER; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALIFORNIA; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84864539662     PISSN: 21630755     EISSN: 21630763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31824ef9ec     Document Type: Article

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