Compression stockings to prevent post-thrombotic syndrome: A randomised placebo-controlled trial

The Lancet

Volumn 383, Issue 9920, 2014, Pages 880-888

  Kahn, Susan R ^a   Shapiro, Stan ^a,b   Wells, Philip S ^c,d   Rodger, Marc A ^d,e   Kovacs, Michael J ^f   Anderson, David R ^g,h   Tagalakis, Vicky ^a   Houweling, Adrielle H ^a   Ducruet, Thierry ^a   Holcroft, Christina ^i,j   Johri, Mira ^k,l   Solymoss, Susan ^n,o   Miron, Marie José ^q   Yeo, Erik ^r   Smith, Reginald ^s   Schulman, Sam ^t,u,v   Kassis, Jeannine ^w   Kearon, Clive ^t   Chagnon, Isabelle ^m   Wong, Turnly ^x   Demers, Christine ^y   Hanmiah, Rajendar ^z   Kaatz, Scott ^aa   Selby, Rita ^ab   Rathbun, Suman ^ac   Desmarais, Sylvie ^ad   Opatrny, Lucie ^p   Ortel, Thomas L ^ae   Ginsberg, Jeffrey S ^t   more..

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^f LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^g DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^h Capital Health   (Canada)

ⁱ TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^j TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^k CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^l UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^m HÔPITAL DU SACRÉ COEUR DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

ⁿ MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^o St Marys Hospital   (Canada)

^p ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^q NOTRE DAME HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^r UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^s Victoria Heart Institute Foundation   (Canada)

^t MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^u MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^v KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^w MAISONNEUVE ROSEMONT HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^x UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^y LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^z ST JOSEPH S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^aa HURLEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^ab SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^ac UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^ad Pierre Boucher Hospital   (Canada)

^ae DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; HEPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; PLACEBO; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; COMPRESSION STOCKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELASTIC COMPRESSION STOCKING; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; FOLLOW UP; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; LEG PAIN; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTTHROMBOSIS SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SWELLING; THERAPY EFFECT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANTS; CANADA; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTTHROMBOTIC SYNDROME; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STOCKINGS, COMPRESSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 84896737250     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(13)61902-9     Document Type: Article

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