Nurse-led outpatient treatment of deep vein thrombosis
- 27 January 1999
- journal article
- Published by RCNi in Nursing Standard
- Vol. 13 (19) , 37-39
- https://doi.org/10.7748/ns1999.01.13.19.37.c2587
Abstract
Patients with a deep vein thrombosis (DVT) have, historically, been treated initially with intravenous, unfractionated heparin, necessitating inpatient care. The advent of low molecular weight heparin (LMWH) now allows treatment of these patients on an outpatient basis, as the authors explain here.Keywords
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