Assessing the Caprini Score for Risk Assessment of Venous Thromboembolism in Hospitalized Medical Patients Results presented at: The Society of Hospital Medicine Annual Meeting, March 26, 2014, Las Vegas, Nevada.

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 129, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 528-535

  Grant, Paul J ^a,b   Greene, M Todd ^a,b   Chopra, Vineet ^a,b,c   Bernstein, Steven J ^a,b,c   Hofer, Timothy P ^a,c   Flanders, Scott A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Michigan Hospital Medicine Safety Consortium   (United States)

^c VA ANN ARBOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Caprini risk assessment model; Deep venous thrombosis; Pharmacologic prophylaxis; Pulmonary embolism; Venous thromboembolism

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAPRINI RISK ASSESSMENT MODEL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE ASSESSMENT; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUMBERS NEEDED TO TREAT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; CLINICAL TRIAL; MIDDLE AGED;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 84950106620     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: 15557162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2015.10.027     Document Type: Article

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