A one year audit of patients with venous thromboembolism presenting to a tertiary hospital in Johannesburg, South Africa

Introduction: Given the growing burden of venous thromboembolism (VTE) worldwide and the paucity of data from the developing world, the aim of this study was to audit the characteristics, risk factors and length of hospital stay of patients with VTE presenting to a tertiary hospital emergency centre...

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Main Authors: Lara Nicole Goldstein, Ming-Tung Wu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-03-01
Series:African Journal of Emergency Medicine
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211419X17300174