title: Prevalence, incidence, and risk factors for venous thromboembolism in medical-surgical intensive care unit patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8N 3Z5.
authors.forename: Deborah J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Cook
authors.forename: Mark A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Crowther
authors.forename: Maureen O
authors.initials: MO
authors.lastname: Meade
authors.forename: Jim
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Douketis
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D015995:Prevalence; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D012307:Risk Factors; D019851:Thrombophilia / Q000151:congenital / Q000503:physiopathology; D020246:Venous Thrombosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*