Routine venous thromboembolism screening after pneumonectomy: The more you look, the more you see

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 152, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 524-532.e2

  Raja, Siva ^a   Idrees, Jay J ^a   Blackstone, Eugene H ^a   He, Jiayan ^a   Badjatiya, Anish ^a   Mazzone, Peter ^a   Mason, David P ^a   Rice, Thomas W ^a   Raymond, Daniel P ^a   Murthy, Sudish C ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

postoperative care; prophylaxis; quality improvement; surveillance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LONG TERM SURVIVAL; LUNG RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; THROMBOSIS PREVENTION; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; AGED; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DUPLEX DOPPLER ULTRASONOGRAPHY; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LOWER LIMB; MORTALITY; OHIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; TIME FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULARIZATION;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OHIO; PNEUMONECTOMY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, DUPLEX; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 84969974036     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: 1097685X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2016.03.097     Document Type: Article

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