Thromboprophylaxis among Australasian colorectal surgeons

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 83, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 646-650

  Smart, Philip ^a   Burbury, Kate ^a   Lingaratnam, Senthil ^a   Lynch, A Craig ^a   Mackay, John ^a   Heriot, Alexander ^a  

^a PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Colorectal neoplasm; Colorectal surgery; Health care survey; Thromboembolism

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ADJUVANT THERAPY; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLON RESECTION; COLORECTAL SURGERY; COLORECTAL TUMOR; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NEW ZEALAND; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RECTUM; STATISTICS; THROMBOEMBOLISM; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

COLORECTAL NEOPLASM; COLORECTAL SURGERY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; COLECTOMY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COLORECTAL SURGERY; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; NEW ZEALAND; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RECTUM; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 84883338616     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: 14452197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2012.06245.x     Document Type: Article

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