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Postoperative Venous Thromboembolism (DVT and PE)

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Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) clinically manifests with either deep vein thrombosis (DVT) or pulmonary embolism (PE), or both.

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  1. Hospital Medicine, Henry Ford Hospital, Wayne State University School of Medicine, 2799 West Grand Boulevard, CFP-413, Detroit, MI, 48202, USA

    David G. Paje

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  1. Downstate Medical Center, State University of New York (SUNY), Hicks St. 339, Brooklyn, 11201, New York, USA

    Steven L. Cohn

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Paje, D.G., Kaatz, S. (2011). Postoperative Venous Thromboembolism (DVT and PE). In: Cohn, S. (eds) Perioperative Medicine. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-85729-498-2_38

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