Abstract | OBJECTIVE: BACKGROUND: SETTING: Scotland, UK. METHODS: Eighteen-month retrospective review of acute spinal injury patients admitted to a national spinal injuries unit. A thromboembolic prophylactic regimen of early mobilisation, use of antithromboembolic stockings, and subcutaneous administration of enoxaparin 40 mg once a day until patients could be mobilised for more than 4 h per day, was used. Patients with clinical suspicion of deep venous thrombosis or pulmonary embolism were investigated as appropriate. RESULTS: CONCLUSIONS:
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Authors | K Deep, M V Jigajinni, A N McLean, M H Fraser |
Journal | Spinal cord
(Spinal Cord)
Vol. 39
Issue 2
Pg. 88-91
(Feb 2001)
ISSN: 1362-4393 [Print] England |
PMID | 11402364
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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Chemical References |
- Anticoagulants
- Enoxaparin
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Topics |
- Acute Disease
- Adult
- Anticoagulants
(therapeutic use)
- Enoxaparin
(therapeutic use)
- Female
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Pulmonary Embolism
(prevention & control)
- Retrospective Studies
- Spinal Cord Injuries
(complications, drug therapy)
- Spinal Injuries
(complications, drug therapy)
- Venous Thrombosis
(prevention & control)
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