Incidence of deep vein thrombosis and quality of venous thromboembolism prophylaxis

OBJECTIVE: to determine the incidence of deep vein thrombosis and prophylaxis quality in hospitalized patients undergoing vascular and orthopedic surgical procedures. METHODS: we evaluated 296 patients, whose incidence of deep venous thrombosis was studied by vascular ultrasonography. Risk factors...

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Main Authors: Alberto Okuhara, Túlio Pinho Navarro, Ricardo Jayme Procópio, Rodrigo De Castro Bernardes, Leonardo De Campos Correa Oliveira, Mariana Paschoaleti Nishiyama
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Colégio Brasileiro de Cirurgiões 2014-01-01
Series:Revista do Colégio Brasileiro de Cirurgiões
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-69912014000100002&lng=en&tlng=en