Incidence of venous thromboembolism in nursing home residents

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 578-584

  Reardon, Gregory ^a   Pandya, Naushira ^b   Nutescu, Edith A ^c   Lamori, Joyce ^d   Damaraju, C V ^d   Schein, Jeff ^d   Bookhart, Brahim ^d  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Nova Southeastern University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^d JANSSEN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Deep vein thrombosis; Incidence; Nursing home; Pulmonary embolism; Venous thromboembolism

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 84881249547     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2013.02.003     Document Type: Article

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