Risk Factors for Deep Vein Thrombosis in Inpatients Aged 65 and Older: A Case‐Control Multicenter Study

Weill‐Engerer, Sébastien; Meaume, Sylvie; Lahlou, Amina; Piette, F.; Saint‐Jean, Olivier; Sachet, Annick; Beinis, Jean‐Yves; Gallinari, Claude; Grancher, Anne‐Sophie; Vincent, Jean‐Pierre; Naga, Henri; Belmin, Joël; Salvatore, Rosella; Kazes, Marie; Pautas, Éric; Boiffin, A; Piera, Jean‐Bernard; Duviquet, Monique; Knafo, David; Piau, Andrée; Miric, Dragoslav; Jean, Alain; Bellamy, Valérie; Tissandier, O.; Le Blanche, Alain‐Ferdinand

doi:10.1111/j.1532-5415.2004.52359.x

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Risk Factors for Deep Vein Thrombosis in Inpatients Aged 65 and Older: A Case‐Control Multicenter Study

Published in Journal of the American Geriatrics Society • Jul 19, 2004

Authors:

Sébastien Weill‐Engerer

Sylvie Meaume

Amina Lahlou

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: To identify independent risk factors of symptomatic deep vein thrombosis (DVT) in geriatric inpatients and to define high-risk patients likely to benefit from preventive treatment. DESIGN: Hospital-based case-control multicenter study with prospective data collection. SETTINGS: Geriatric...

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Medicine

Deep vein

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