Venous thromboembolism (VTE) risk assessment and prophylaxis in acute orthopaedic admissions: improving compliance with national guidelines

“Each year over 25,000 people die from Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) contracted in hospital. This is more than the combined total of deaths from breast cancer, AIDS and traffic accidents”. (1) Orthopaedic patients are at particular risk of VTE. In 2011, the project team carried out an audit into comp...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Watts, Laura, Grant, David
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: British Publishing Group 2013
Materias:
BMJ Quality Improvement Programme
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4663810/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26734209
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjquality.u202229.w1118

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4663810/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26734209
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjquality.u202229.w1118

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