Management and outcomes of axial isolated distal deep vein thrombosis at North Shore Hospital, New Zealand: A retrospective audit

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 177-182

  Li, A Y ^a   Woulfe, T ^a   Rolfe Vyson, V ^a   Rowland, V ^a   Simpson, D ^a   Merriman, E ^a  

^a NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Anticoagulation; Calf vein thrombosis; Distal deep vein thrombosis; DVT; Management

Indexed keywords

DALTEPARIN; ENOXAPARIN; HEMOGLOBIN; HEPARIN; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEMARTHROSIS; HEMATURIA; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; ISOLATED DISTAL DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MUSCLE BLEEDING; NEW ZEALAND; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PANCREAS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84964247514     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/imj.12664     Document Type: Article

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