Current guidelines for total joint VTE prophylaxis: Dawn of a new day

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 94 B, Issue 11 SUPPL.A, 2012, Pages 3-7

  Barrack, R L ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; WARFARIN;

ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; BLEEDING; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGEON; THROMBOSIS PREVENTION; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 84870230853     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.94B11.30824     Document Type: Review

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