Correlation of Missed Doses of Enoxaparin With Increased Incidence of Deep Vein Thrombosis in Trauma and General Surgery Patients
Author(s) -
Scott G. Louis,
Misa Sato,
Travis C. Geraci,
Ross Anderson,
S. David Cho,
Philbert Y. Van,
Jeffrey S. Barton,
Gordon M. Riha,
Samantha J. Underwood,
Jerome A. Differding,
Jennifer M. Watters,
Martin A. Schreiber
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
jama surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.757
H-Index - 176
eISSN - 2168-6262
pISSN - 2168-6254
DOI - 10.1001/jamasurg.2013.3963
Subject(s) - medicine , deep vein , thrombosis , trauma center , incidence (geometry) , surgery , dosing , univariate analysis , anesthesia , retrospective cohort study , multivariate analysis , physics , optics
Enoxaparin sodium is widely used for deep vein thrombosis (DVT) prophylaxis, yet DVT rates remain high in the trauma and general surgery populations. Missed doses during hospitalization are common.
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