Venous thromboembolism prophylaxis in hospitalized elderly patients: Time to consider a ‘MUST’ strategy

Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is the commonest cause of preventable death in hospitalized patients. Elderly patients have higher risk of VTE because of the high prevalence of predisposing co-morbidities and acute illnesses. Clinical diagnosis of VTE in the elderly patient is particularly difficult an...

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Autores principales: Ho, Kwok M, Litton, Edward
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Science Press 2011
Materias:
Review
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3390075/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22783295
http://dx.doi.org/10.3724/SP.J.1263.2011.00114

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3390075/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22783295
http://dx.doi.org/10.3724/SP.J.1263.2011.00114

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