title: Ultrasonographic screening for deep vein thrombosis following arthroplasty fails to reduce posthospital thromboembolic complications: the Postarthroplasty Screening Study (PASS).
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, QEII Health Sciences Centre and Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Anderson
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gross
authors.forename: K S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Robinson
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Petrie
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Leighton
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Stanish
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Alexander
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mitchell
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Flemming
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gent
mesh_terms: 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*
chemical_list: D000925:Anticoagulants; D014859:Warfarin