Insights into venous thromboembolism prevention in hospitalized cancer patients: Lessons from a prospective study.

Hospitalized cancer patients are at high risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE). Despite current recommendations in clinical guidelines, thromboprophylaxis with low molecular weight heparin (LMWH) is underused. We performed an observational prospective study to analyse factors influencing prophylaxis...

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Main Authors: Rocío Figueroa, Ana Alfonso, José López-Picazo, Ignacio Gil-Bazo, Alberto García-Mouriz, José Hermida, José Antonio Páramo, Ramón Lecumberri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6071981?pdf=render