Intervention Protocol

Thromboprophylaxis for trauma patients

  1. Luis Manuel Barrera Lozano1,*,
  2. Pablo Perel2,
  3. Katharine Ker2,
  4. Roberto Cirocchi3,
  5. Eriberto Farinella3,
  6. Carlos Hernando Morales Uribe1

Editorial Group: Cochrane Injuries Group

Published Online: 20 JAN 2010

DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD008303

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Barrera Lozano LM, Perel P, Ker K, Cirocchi R, Farinella E, Morales Uribe CH. Thromboprophylaxis for trauma patients (Protocol). Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2010, Issue 1. Art. No.: CD008303. DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD008303.

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  1. 1

    Universidad de Antioquia, Department of General Surgery, Medellin, Colombia

  2. 2

    London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Cochrane Injuries Group, London, UK

  3. 3

    Azienda Ospedaliera di Terni, Clinica Chirurgica Generale e d'Urgenza, Terni, Italy

*Luis Manuel Barrera Lozano, Department of General Surgery, Universidad de Antioquia, Street 67 N 53-108, Medellin, Colombia. luismbarrera@cable.net.co. bluis73@hotmail.com.

Publication History

  1. Publication Status: New
  2. Published Online: 20 JAN 2010

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This is the protocol for a review and there is no abstract. The objectives are as follows:

To assess the effects of thromboprophylaxis in trauma patients on mortality and incidence of DVT and PE.

To compare the effects of different thromboprophylaxis interventions and their relative effects according to the type of trauma.

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