Perioperative rates of deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism in normal weight vs obese and morbidly obese surgical patients in the era post venous thromboembolism prophylaxis guidelines

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 210, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 859-863

  Wang, Lily ^a   Pryor, Aurora D ^a   Altieri, Maria S ^a   Romeiser, Jamie L ^a   Talamini, Mark A ^a   Shroyer, Laurie ^a   Telem, Dana A ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Deep vein thrombosis; General surgery; Morbid obesity; Pulmonary embolism; Venous thromboembolism

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COLON RESECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; HERNIOPLASTY; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; INCIDENCE; INTESTINE RESECTION; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBID OBESITY; OBESITY; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL PATIENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FACTUAL DATABASE; HERNIA, ABDOMINAL; INTESTINE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; COLECTOMY; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HERNIA, ABDOMINAL; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; INCIDENCE; INTESTINES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OBESITY, MORBID; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; UNITED STATES; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 84944355306     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: 18791883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2015.01.021     Document Type: Article

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