Ultrasonographic screening for deep vein thrombosis following arthroplasty fails to reduce posthospital thromboembolic complications: the Postarthroplasty Screening Study (PASS)

Chest. 1998 Aug;114(2 Suppl Evidence):119S-122S. doi: 10.1378/chest.114.2_supplement.119s.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Clinical Trial
  • Randomized Controlled Trial

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Anticoagulants / therapeutic use*
  • Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip*
  • Arthroplasty, Replacement, Knee*
  • Double-Blind Method
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mass Screening
  • Postoperative Care
  • Postoperative Complications / diagnostic imaging*
  • Postoperative Complications / epidemiology
  • Postoperative Complications / prevention & control*
  • Postoperative Hemorrhage / epidemiology
  • Pulmonary Embolism / epidemiology
  • Pulmonary Embolism / prevention & control
  • Thrombophlebitis / diagnostic imaging*
  • Thrombophlebitis / epidemiology
  • Thrombophlebitis / prevention & control*
  • Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color*
  • Warfarin / therapeutic use*

Substances

  • Anticoagulants
  • Warfarin