Venous Thromboembolism in Patients with Thermal Injury: A Review of Risk Assessment Tools and Current Knowledge on the Effectiveness and Risks of Mechanical and Chemical Prophylaxis.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.cps.2017.02.002
Abstract: Venous thromboembolism (VTE) can be a life-threatening or limb-threatening complication of thermal injury. The severity of burn injury can be used to predict VTE risk among patients with thermal injury, and a weighted risk-stratification tool… read more here.
Keywords: risk; thermal injury; mechanical chemical; venous thromboembolism ... See more keywords