The EFFORT trial: Preoperative enoxaparin versus postoperative fondaparinux for thromboprophylaxis in bariatric surgical patients: A randomized double-blind pilot trial

Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 672-683

  Steele, Kimberley E ^a,d   Canner, Joseph ^a   Prokopowicz, Gregory ^a   Verde, Franco ^a   Beselman, Aleksandra ^b   Wyse, Ransom ^c   Chen, Junnan ^a   Streiff, Michael ^a   Magnuson, Thomas ^a   Lidor, Anne ^a   Schweitzer, Michael ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BAYVIEW MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anticoagulation; Bariatric surgery; Clinical trial; Prophylaxis; Venous thromboembolism

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 10A; CREATININE; ENOXAPARIN; FONDAPARINUX; PLACEBO; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BLEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE VENOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHARMACODYNAMICS; PHLEBOGRAPHY; PILOT STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RASH; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; SIDE EFFECT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOSIS PREVENTION; ADOLESCENT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; DOSE RESPONSE; FOLLOW UP; OBESITY, MORBID; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANTS; BARIATRIC SURGERY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ENOXAPARIN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; PILOT PROJECTS; POLYSACCHARIDES; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84931578813     PISSN: 15507289     EISSN: 18787533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soard.2014.10.003     Document Type: Article

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