Graduated compression stockings to treat acute leg pain associated with proximal DVT: A randomised controlled trial

Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 112, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1137-1141

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

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^e LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^f DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g Capital Health   (Canada)

^h MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

ⁱ NOTRE DAME HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^j UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^k Victoria Heart Institute Foundation   (Canada)

^l MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^m KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

ⁿ Division of Hematology   (Canada)

^o HÔPITAL DU SACRÉ COEUR DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^p ST BONIFACE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^q LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^r ST JOSEPH S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^s HURLEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^t SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^u UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^v Hôpital Pierre Boucher   (Canada)

^w ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^x DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^y MONTPELLIER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

more..

Author keywords

Compression; Pain; Placebos; Randomised controlled trial; Stockings; Therapeutics; Venous thrombosis

Indexed keywords

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

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEG COMPRESSION; LEG PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTTHROMBOSIS SYNDROME; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; ACUTE PAIN; AGED; CANADA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLICATION; COMPRESSION STOCKING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LEG; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; POSTTHROMBOTIC SYNDROME; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME; UNITED STATES; VASCULARIZATION; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

ACUTE PAIN; ADULT; AGED; CANADA; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; POSTTHROMBOTIC SYNDROME; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STOCKINGS, COMPRESSION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 84914165776     PISSN: 03406245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1160/TH14-05-0430     Document Type: Article

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