Duration and magnitude of the postoperative risk of venous thromboembolism in middle aged women: Prospective cohort study

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 339, Issue 7736, 2009, Pages 32-

  Sweetland, Siân ^a   Green, Jane ^a   Liu, Bette ^a,d   De González, Amy Berrington ^a,b   Canonico, Marianne ^a,c   Reeves, Gillian ^a   Beral, Valerie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d GEORGE INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIP ARTHROPLASTY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED KINGDOM; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; AMBULATORY SURGERY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROGNOSIS; STATISTICS; TIME; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; SCOTLAND; TIME FACTORS; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 84879265065     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.b4583     Document Type: Article

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