INCIDENCE OF DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS AND THE EFFECT OF PNEUMATIC COMPRESSION OF THE CALF IN ELDERLY HEMIPLEGICS

BK Prasad, Arup Banerjee, Hayford Howard

Age and Ageing · 1982 · 40 citations · 0 references

Concepts

Abstract

The application of pneumatic compression of the calf in the prevention of radionuclide incidence of deep vein thrombosis is ineffective in elderly acute hemiplegics.