Risk of venous thromboembolism after shoulder arthroplasty in the Medicare population

Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 98-105

  Day, Judd S ^a,b   Ramsey, Matthew L ^c   Lau, Edmund ^a   Williams, Gerald R ^c  

^a EXPONENT INC   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Medicare claims data; Shoulder arthroplasty; Venous thromboembolism

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID;

AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; COMORBIDITY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FRACTURE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEMATOMA; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LOWER EXTREMITY ARTHROPLASTY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MECHANICAL THROMBECTOMY; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDICARE; METASTASIS; OBESITY; PATIENT RISK; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE THROMBOSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHOULDER ARTHROPLASTY; SHOULDER HEMIARTHROPLASTY; THROMBOSIS PREVENTION; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; FEMALE; JOINT DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RISK FACTOR; SHOULDER; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; VENOUS THROMBOSIS; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JOINT DISEASES; MALE; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SHOULDER JOINT; UNITED STATES; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 84925860240     PISSN: 10582746     EISSN: 15326500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jse.2014.09.025     Document Type: Article

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