PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Menajovsky, L. Bernardo
AU  - Spandorfer, John
TI  - Benefits of more aggressive VTE prophylaxis in hospitalized medical patients
DP  - 2004 Dec 01
TA  - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
PG  - 947--960
VI  - 71
IP  - 12
4099  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/71/12/947.short
4100  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/71/12/947.full
SO  - Cleve Clin J Med2004 Dec 01; 71
AB  - Venous thromboembolism (VTE), which includes both deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism, is a well-known risk in surgical patients, but it is also a significant and often unrecognized source of mortality and morbidity in hospitalized medical patients. The need for routine prophylaxis in the general medical population is increasingly supported.