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The incidence of venous thromboembolism and practice of deep venous thrombosis prophylaxis in hospitalized cirrhotic patients

Abdulaziz Al‐Dawood, Yaseen M. Arabi, Abdulrahman Aljumah, Alawi Alsaadi, Asgar Rishu, Hasan M. Al‐Dorzi, Saad Al-Qahtani, Mohammad Alsultan, Afaf Felemban

Thrombosis Journal · 2011 · 115 citations · 16 references

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Cirrhotic patients are at risk for developing VTE. The utilization of DVT prophylaxis was suboptimal.

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Risk of Venous Thromboembolism in Patients With Liver Disease: A Nationwide Population-Based Case–Control Study

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