THROMBOEMBOLISM accounts for much of the morbidity and mortality that follow major trauma. Patients with fractures of the hip are especially prone to the development of venous thromboses, perhaps ...

Sean B. Smith, MD; Jeffrey B. Geske, MD; Jennifer M. Maguire, MD; Nicholas A. Zane, BA; Rickey E. Carter, PhD; Timothy I. Morgenthaler, MD, FCCP We identified several ...

Anticoagulants and antiplatelet agents pose a great risk in patients undergoing surgery. Because these products inhibit at least one, and often multiple, factors in the clotting cascade, patients have ...