Innovative approaches to increase deep v
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Renee P. Bullock-Palmer; Steven Weiss; Charles Hyman
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Article
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2008
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract ## BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Hospital‐acquired venous thromboembolic events (VTEs) in medically ill patients account for a significant percentage of in‐hospital mortality. Unfractionated heparin and low‐molecular‐weight heparin have been shown to be effective in the prevention of VTEs.