Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 54, Issue 2 , Pages 147-152, August 2009

Risk of Thromboembolism Varies, Depending on Category of Immobility in Outpatients

  • Daren M. Beam, MS

      Affiliations

    • Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
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  • D. Mark Courtney, MD

      Affiliations

    • Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL
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  • Christopher Kabrhel, MD

      Affiliations

    • Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
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  • Christopher L. Moore, MD

      Affiliations

    • Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
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  • Peter B. Richman, MD

      Affiliations

    • Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ
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  • Jeffrey A. Kline, MD

      Affiliations

    • Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, NC
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: Jeffrey A. Kline, MD, Emergency Medicine Research, Department of Emergency Medicine, Carolinas Medical Center, PO Box 32861, Charlotte, NC 28323-2861; 704-355-7092, fax 704-355-7047

Received 14 July 2008; received in revised form 1 October 2008 and 15 October 2008; accepted 31 October 2008. published online 09 January 2009.

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 Supervising editor: David L. Schriger, MD, MPH

 Author contributions: DMB collected and analyzed data and wrote the first draft of the article. DMC performed the statistical and graphic analyses and edited the article. CK, CLM, and PBR helped develop this idea, participated in study definitions, performed data entry, and assisted with article production. CK, CLM, PBR, and JAK enrolled patients and performed database queries. JAK conceived the work, obtained funding, contributed to the primary analyses, and edited the article. JAK takes responsibility for the paper as a whole.

 Funding and support: By Annals policy, all authors are required to disclose any and all commercial, financial, and other relationships in any way related to the subject of this article that might create any potential conflict of interest. See the Manuscript Submission Agreement in this issue for examples of specific conflicts covered by this statement. Supported by a Resident Research Award from the Emergency Medicine Foundation.

 Publication date: Available online January 7, 2009.

PII: S0196-0644(08)01975-6

doi:10.1016/j.annemergmed.2008.10.033

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Volume 54, Issue 2 , Pages 147-152, August 2009

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