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Venous thromboembolism in elderly high-risk medical patients
Time course of events and influence of risk factors
Hull, RD., Merali, T., Mills, A., Stevenson, AL., & Liang, J. (2013). Venous thromboembolism in elderly high-risk medical patients: Time course of events and influence of risk factors. Clinical and applied thrombosis/hemostasis : official journal of the International Academy of Clinical and Applied Thrombosis/Hemostasis, 19(4), 357-362. https://doi.org/10.1177/1076029613481105
Hospitalized medical patients are at high risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE), with approximately one-quarter of all VTE events occurring in this nonsurgical population. 1 A prospective cohort study suggested a symptomatic, clinically evident VTE rate of 11% for hospitalized high-risk medical patients not receiving prophylaxis, 2 and there is strong evidence that thromboprophylaxis in …
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