Incidence of deep venous thrombosis and stratification of risk groups in a university hospital vascular surgery unit

BACKGROUND: There is a knowledge gap with relation to the true incidence of deep vein thrombosis among patients undergoing vascular surgery procedures in Brazil. This study is designed to support the implementation of a surveillance system to control the quality of venous thromboembolism prophylaxis...

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Main Authors: Alberto Okuhara, Túlio Pinho Navarro, Ricardo Jayme Procópio, José Oyama Moura de Leite
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Angiologia e de Cirurgia Vascular (SBACV) 2015-06-01
Series:Jornal Vascular Brasileiro
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1677-54492015000200139&lng=en&tlng=en