How long should we fear? Long-term risk of venous thromboembolism in patients with traumatic brain injury.
Venous thromboembolism (VTE) constitutes an undesirable outcome in the care of trauma patients. In the United States, the annual healthcare costs associated with VTE is estimated at $1.5 billion(1) and close to 100,000 people die from VTE yearly.(2) Among trauma patients who develop pulmonary emboli...
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Lippincott, Williams andamp; Wilkins: No Hybrid Open Access
2016
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