Epidemiological updates of venous thromboembolism in a Chinese population

Background/Objective: Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) was thought to be uncommon in Asians and routine thromboprophylaxis in the form of anticoagulation for surgical patients was considered to be unnecessary. The current study aims to provide a contemporary epidemiology of venous thromboembolism in a pop...

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Published in:	Asian Journal of Surgery
Main Authors:	Yuk Law, Yiu Che Chan, Stephen W.K. Cheng
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier 2018-03-01
Subjects:	deep vein thrombosis epidemiology Han Chinese mortality pulmonary embolism
Online Access:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1015958416303062