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23.10.2017 | Focus Editorial
ICM focus on thrombosis and bleeding
verfasst von:
Morten Hylander Møller, Markus B. Skrifvars, Elie Azoulay
Erschienen in:
Intensive Care Medicine
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Ausgabe 12/2017
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Excerpt
Intensive care unit patients are high risk of developing thrombotic complications such as deep venous thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE) [
1]. Indeed, due to the hypercoagulative state typical for many forms of critical illness [2−4] associated with risk factors as prolonged immobilisation or the use of intravascular devices, ICU patients are at higher risk for thrombotic complications. …