Comparative effectiveness of combined pharmacologic and mechanical thromboprophylaxis versus either method alone in major orthopedic surgery: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 275-283

  Sobieraj, Diana M ^a   Coleman, Craig I ^a   Tongbram, Vanita ^a   Chen, Wendy ^a   Colby, Jennifer ^a   Lee, Soyon ^a   Kluger, Jeffrey ^a   Makanji, Sagar ^a   Ashaye, Ajibade ^a   Michael White, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Anticoagulant prophylaxis; Hip fracture surgery; Mechanical prophylaxis; Orthopedic surgery; Total hip replacement; Total knee replacement; Venous thromboembolism

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ENOXAPARIN; HEPARIN; WARFARIN;

BLEEDING; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPRESSION STOCKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; HIP FRACTURE; HIP SURGERY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERMITTENT PNEUMATIC COMPRESSION DEVICE; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR SURGERY; META ANALYSIS; MONOTHERAPY; MORTALITY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THROMBOSIS PREVENTION; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ANTICOAGULANTS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; COMPRESSION BANDAGES; HUMANS; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 84875463783     PISSN: 02770008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/phar.1206     Document Type: Review

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