Prevalence, incidence, and risk factors for venous thromboembolism in medical-surgical intensive care unit patients

J Crit Care. 2005 Dec;20(4):309-13. doi: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2005.09.005.

Authors

Deborah J Cook¹, Mark A Crowther, Maureen O Meade, Jim Douketis; VTE in the ICU Workshop Participants

Affiliation

¹ Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8N 3Z5.

PMID: 16310600
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2005.09.005

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Humans
Incidence
Intensive Care Units
Prevalence
Pulmonary Embolism / diagnosis
Pulmonary Embolism / epidemiology
Pulmonary Embolism / prevention & control
Risk Factors
Thrombophilia / congenital
Thrombophilia / physiopathology
Venous Thrombosis / diagnosis
Venous Thrombosis / epidemiology
Venous Thrombosis / prevention & control*