The prevention of pregnancy-related venous thromboembolism

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 168, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 163-174

  Guimicheva, Boriana ^a   Czuprynska, Julia ^a   Arya, Roopen ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Pregnancy related venous thromboembolism; Venous thromboembolism

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTITHROMBIN III; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 5 LEIDEN; DALTEPARIN; ENOXAPARIN; HEPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; PROTEIN C; PROTEIN S; PROTHROMBIN; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

AGE; ALLERGIC REACTION; ANTEPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; BLEEDING; COMPRESSION STOCKING; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ETHNICITY; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HEMATOMA; HEMOSTASIS; HEPARIN INDUCED THROMBOCYTOPENIA; HETEROZYGOTE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERCOAGULABILITY; INCIDENCE; INTERMITTENT PNEUMATIC COMPRESSION DEVICE; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LOW DRUG DOSE; LUNG EMBOLISM; MATERNAL MORTALITY; OBESITY; OSTEOPOROSIS; PARITY; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POSTPARTUM HEMORRHAGE; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; RECURRENCE RISK; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SKIN MANIFESTATION; THROMBOPHILIA; THROMBOSIS PREVENTION; VEIN THROMBOSIS; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; FEMALE; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR;

ANTICOAGULANTS; FEMALE; HEPARIN, LOW-MOLECULAR-WEIGHT; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; RISK FACTORS; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 84923844611     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjh.13159     Document Type: Review

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