Postoperative Risk of Venous Thromboembolism in Rheumatic Disease Patients

Current Rheumatology Reports

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 1-6

  Wong, Lauren E ^a   Bass, Anne R ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoimmune disease; Behcet s disease; Complication; Deep vein thrombosis; Postoperative; Pulmonary embolism; Rheumatic disease; Rheumatoid arthritis; Surgery; Systemic lupus erythematosus; Vasculitis; Venous thromboembolism

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODY;

ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID ANTIBODY SYNDROME; BEHCET DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE THROMBOSIS; REVIEW; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; RISK; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; VASCULITIS; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; HUMANS; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; RISK ASSESSMENT; VASCULITIS; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 84923696163     PISSN: 15233774     EISSN: 15346307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11926-014-0488-6     Document Type: Review

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