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Vascular Disease Prevention (Discontinued)

Editor-in-Chief

ISSN (Print): 1567-2700
ISSN (Online): 1567-2700

Overview of Current Practice and Future Trends in Thromboprophylaxis for General Surgery

Author(s): C. Hee, A. Singh, F. Tudor, K. Akinola and A. T. Cohen

Volume 2, Issue 4, 2005

Page: [311 - 315] Pages: 5

DOI: 10.2174/1567270010502040311

Price: $65

Abstract

Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) poses a threat in patients undergoing major operations especially, abdominal surgery. Hence, it is a well established, to use thromboprophylaxis for these patients. We provide an overview of the current practices and the future advancement of DVT prophylaxis.

Keywords: deep vein thrombosis, unfractionated heparin, lowmolecular-weight heparins, elastic stockings (es), pneumatic compression, oral thrombin inhibitors


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