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PROPHYLAXIS AGAINST POSTOPERATIVE PULMONARY EMBOLISM AND DEEP-VEIN THROMBOSIS BY LOW-DOSE HEPARIN

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KIIL

JETTE KIIL DANIEL ANDERSEN

FRANK AXELSEN

Surgical Departments E, K, L, and T, Aarhus Municipal Hospital, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark of low-dose fatal and on clinically apparent but non-fatal thromboembolic complications was studied in a double-blind, prospective, randomised study comprising 1296 patients. 16 out of 653 patients in the placebo group had such complications within the treatment period of 1 week, compared with 4 out of 643 in the heparin group. This difference was statistically significant (p

Prophylaxis against postoperative pulmonary embolism and deep-vein thrombosis by low-dose heparin.

A double-blind prospective study was conducted on 1296 patients who had undergone surgery, to observe the effects of low-dose heparin on postoperative...
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