Ultrasonographic screening for deep vein thrombosis following arthroplasty fails to reduce posthospital thromboembolic complications: the Postarthroplasty Screening Study (PASS).
Anderson
D R
DR
Department of Medicine, QEII Health Sciences Centre and Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
Gross
M
M
Robinson
K S
KS
Petrie
D
D
Leighton
R
R
Stanish
W
W
Alexander
D
D
Mitchell
M
M
Flemming
B
B
Gent
M
M
D000368:Aged; D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D019644:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip; D019645:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee; D004311:Double-Blind Method; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening; D011182:Postoperative Care; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D019106:Postoperative Hemorrhage / Q000453:epidemiology; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D013924:Thrombophlebitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D018615:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color; D014859:Warfarin / Q000627:therapeutic use*
D000925:Anticoagulants; D014859:Warfarin