Abstract
Introduction: The objective of the study was to describe, in medical-surgical patients in the intensive care unit (ICU), the prevalence (on ICU admission), incidence (in the ICU), risk factors and consequences of TCP. Hypothesis: TCP is frequent, multifactorial and associated with an increased risk of bleeding, transfusions and mortality. Methods: 3746 patients were enrolled in 67 centers to a thromboprophylaxis trial comparing heparin vs low …
Authors
Williamson D; Albert M; Heels-Ansdell D; Arnold D; Lauzier F; Lim W; Crowther M; Zarychanski R; Cook D
Journal
Critical Care Medicine, Vol. 40, No. 12, pp. 1–328
Publisher
Wolters Kluwer
Publication Date
December 2012
DOI
10.1097/01.ccm.0000424555.88727.93
ISSN
0090-3493