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Editorial
. 2019 Sep;7(Suppl 6):S224.
doi: 10.21037/atm.2019.08.44.

Efficacy and safety profiles of mechanical and pharmacological thromboprophylaxis

Mario Ganau  1 , Gianfranco K I Ligarotti  2 , Marco Meloni  3 , Salvatore Chibbaro  4
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Editorial

Efficacy and safety profiles of mechanical and pharmacological thromboprophylaxis

Mario Ganau et al. Ann Transl Med. 2019 Sep.
No abstract available

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of Interest: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

Comment on

  • Adjunctive Intermittent Pneumatic Compression for Venous Thromboprophylaxis.
    Arabi YM, Al-Hameed F, Burns KEA, Mehta S, Alsolamy SJ, Alshahrani MS, Mandourah Y, Almekhlafi GA, Almaani M, Al Bshabshe A, Finfer S, Arshad Z, Khalid I, Mehta Y, Gaur A, Hawa H, Buscher H, Lababidi H, Al Aithan A, Abdukahil SAI, Jose J, Afesh LY, Al-Dawood A; Saudi Critical Care Trials Group. Arabi YM, et al. N Engl J Med. 2019 Apr 4;380(14):1305-1315. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1816150. Epub 2019 Feb 18. N Engl J Med. 2019. PMID: 30779530 Clinical Trial.

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