Venous thromboembolism in older adults: A community-based study

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 127, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Spencer, Frederick A ^a,b   Gurwitz, Jerry H ^b,c   Schulman, Sam ^a   Linkins, Lori Ann ^a   Crowther, Mark A ^a   Ginsberg, Jeffrey S ^a   Lee, Agnes Y Y ^d   Saczynski, Jane S ^b   Anand, Sonia ^a   Lessard, Darleen ^b   Emery, Cathy ^b   Huang, Wei ^b   Goldberg, Robert J ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d VANCOUVER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aged; Deep vein thrombosis; Elderly; Pulmonary embolism

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; HEPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; WARFARIN;

AGE; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; EMBOLISM PREVENTION; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENCE RISK; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL; THROMBOSIS PREVENTION; VENA CAVA FILTER; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; ELDERLY; PULMONARY EMBOLISM;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICOAGULANTS; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; MALE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; WARFARIN;

EID: 84901434176     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: 15557162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2014.02.011     Document Type: Article

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