Current obstetric guidelines on thromboprophylaxis in the United Kingdom: Evidence based medicine?

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 168, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 7-11

  Wu, Pensée ^a   Poole, Tamsin C ^b   Pickett, Janet A ^b   Bhat, Ajit ^c   Lees, Christoph C ^b,d  

^a SOUTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

National policy; Obstetrics; Thromboprophylaxis

Indexed keywords

DALTEPARIN; ENOXAPARIN; HEPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN;

ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; BLEEDING; BONE DENSITY; CENTRAL NEURAXIAL BLOCK; DRUG ERUPTION; ECCHYMOSIS; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; ERYTHEMA; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; HEMATOMA; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LOW RISK POPULATION; LUNG EMBOLISM; MATERNAL MORTALITY; NERVE BLOCK; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SKIN ALLERGY; SKIN BRUISING; SPINAL HEMATOMA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOSIS; THROMBOSIS PREVENTION; UNITED KINGDOM; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; WOUND COMPLICATION;

ANESTHESIA, OBSTETRICAL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEPARIN, LOW-MOLECULAR-WEIGHT; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PREGNANCY, HIGH-RISK; PUERPERAL DISORDERS; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 84876890230     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: 18727654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2012.12.022     Document Type: Review

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