The clinical utility of a rapid bedside D-dimer assay for screening of deep vein thrombosis following orthopaedic surgery

Thromb Haemost. 1997 Oct;78(4):1300-1.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Agglutination Tests*
  • Anticoagulants / therapeutic use
  • Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip*
  • Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee*
  • Cohort Studies
  • Evaluation Studies as Topic
  • Female
  • Fibrin Fibrinogen Degradation Products / analysis*
  • Hip Fractures / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Male
  • Mass Screening / methods*
  • Middle Aged
  • Postoperative Complications / blood*
  • Postoperative Complications / epidemiology
  • Postoperative Complications / prevention & control
  • Prospective Studies
  • Reagent Kits, Diagnostic
  • Thrombophlebitis / blood*
  • Thrombophlebitis / epidemiology
  • Thrombophlebitis / prevention & control

Substances

  • Anticoagulants
  • Fibrin Fibrinogen Degradation Products
  • Reagent Kits, Diagnostic
  • fibrin fragment D