Impact of the national venous thromboembolism risk assessment tool in secondary care in England: Retrospective population-based database study

Blood Coagulation and Fibrinolysis

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 571-576

  Catterick, David ^a,b   Hunt, Beverly J ^c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Health Outcomes Department   (United Kingdom)

^c GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

deep vein thrombosis; prophylaxis; pulmonary embolism; risk assessment; venous thromboembolism

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ADULT; FEMALE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SECONDARY HEALTH CARE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANTS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT READMISSION; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SECONDARY CARE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 84905817302     PISSN: 09575235     EISSN: 14735733     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MBC.0000000000000100     Document Type: Article

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