Symptomatic In-Hospital Deep Vein Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism Following Hip and Knee Arthroplasty Among Patients Receiving Recommended Prophylaxis
Author(s) -
JeanMarie Januel,
Guanmin Chen,
Christiane Ruffieux,
Hude Quan,
James D. Douketis,
Mark Crowther,
Cyrille Colin,
William A. Ghali,
Bernard Burnand,
for the Mexican Nephrology Collaborative Study Group
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
jama
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.688
H-Index - 680
eISSN - 1538-3598
pISSN - 0098-7484
DOI - 10.1001/jama.2011.2029
Subject(s) - medicine , pulmonary embolism , deep vein , incidence (geometry) , arthroplasty , surgery , thrombosis , low molecular weight heparin , venous thrombosis , meta analysis , cochrane library , randomized controlled trial , physics , optics
Symptomatic venous thromboembolism (VTE) after total or partial knee arthroplasty (TPKA) and after total or partial hip arthroplasty (TPHA) are proposed patient safety indicators, but its incidence prior to discharge is not defined.
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