Combined intermittent pneumatic leg compression and pharmacological prophylaxis for prevention of venous thromboembolism

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2016, Issue 9, 2016, Pages

  Kakkos, Stavros K ^a   Caprini, Joseph A ^b   Geroulakos, George ^c   Nicolaides, Andrew N ^d   Stansby, Gerard ^e   Reddy, Daniel J ^f   Ntouvas, Ioannis ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EALING HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

^e FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; HEPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN;

BLEEDING; CINAHL; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COCHRANE LIBRARY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; EMBASE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERMITTENT PNEUMATIC LEG COMPRESSION; LEG COMPRESSION; LUNG EMBOLISM; MEDLINE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 84986181771     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD005258.pub3     Document Type: Review

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