Risk of Post-Discharge Venous Thromboembolism and Associated Mortality in General Surgery: A Population-Based Cohort Study Using Linked Hospital and Primary Care Data in England

BACKGROUND: Trends towards day case surgery and enhanced recovery mean that postoperative venous thromboembolism (VTE) may increasingly arise after hospital discharge. However, hospital data alone are unable to capture adverse events that occur outside of the hospital setting. The National Institute...

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Published in:PLoS One
Main Authors: Bouras, George, Burns, Elaine Marie, Howell, Ann-Marie, Bottle, Alex, Athanasiou, Thanos, Darzi, Ara
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Public Library of Science 2015
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4694702/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26713434
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0145759
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