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Extended Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis for High-Risk Patients Undergoing Surgery for Malignancy

BACKGROUND: In surgical patients with known malignancy, the odds ratio for an episode of a venous thromboembolism is approximately 6.5 compared to a group of patients without malignancy undergoing the same procedure [Heit et al.: Arch Intern Med 2000;160:809–815]. CASE REPORT: We present a case of a...

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Autores principales: Perre, A., Markman, M.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: S. Karger AG 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3072189/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21475600
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000324584