Symptomatic venous thromboembolism in elderly patients following major orthopedic surgery of the lower limb is associated with elevated vitamin B12 serum levels

Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 46, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 54-58

  Grossfeld, Anat ^a   Dekel, Shmuel ^a,b   Lerman, Yaffa ^a,b   Sherman, Shany ^a,c   Atzmony, Lihi ^a,d   Salai, Moshe ^a,b   Justo, Dan ^a,c  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Elderly; Orthopedic surgery; Venous thromboembolism; Vitamin B12

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC SURGERY; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORTALITY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEMIARTHROPLASTY; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; ORTHOPEDICS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; VITAMIN B 12;

EID: 84871740742     PISSN: 00099120     EISSN: 18732933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2012.09.011     Document Type: Article

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