Venous thromboembolism in nursing home residents: Role of selected risk factors

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 60, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1718-1723

  Leibson, Cynthia L ^a   Petterson, Tanya M ^b   Smith, Carin Y ^b   Bailey, Kent R ^b   Ashrani, Aneel A ^b   Heit, John A ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

deep vein thrombosis; long term care; nursing home; pulmonary embolism; venous thromboembolism

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN; WARFARIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMITTENT PNEUMATIC COMPRESSION DEVICE; LONG TERM CARE; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MINNESOTA; NURSING HOMES; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 84866379048     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2012.04100.x     Document Type: Article

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