American Journal of Emergency Medicine
Volume 25, Issue 5 , Pages 502-508, June 2007

Incidence and risk factors for venous thromboembolism in patients with nonsurgical isolated lower limb injuries☆☆☆

  • Bruno Riou, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Service d'Accueil des Urgences, Centre Hospitalo-Universitaire (CHU) Pitié-Salpêtrière, Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris 6), Assistance-Publique Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Paris, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +33 1 42 17 72 49; fax: +33 1 42 17 72 64.
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  • Christophe Rothmann, MD

      Affiliations

    • Service d'accueil des Urgences, Centre hospitalier régional (CHR) Notre Dame de Bon Secours, Metz, France
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  • Nathalie Lecoules, MD

      Affiliations

    • Service des Urgences, CHU Purpan, Toulouse, France
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  • Eric Bouvat, MD

      Affiliations

    • Unité Fonctionnelle de Traumatologie du Sport, Hôpital Sud, CHU de Grenoble, France
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  • Jean-Luc Bosson, MD

      Affiliations

    • Service d'Informatique Médicale, CHU Grenoble, Unité mixte de recherche CNRS 5525, Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France
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  • Philipe Ravaud, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Département d'épidémiologie, biostatistiques et recherche clinique, INSERM E03 57, CHU Bichat-Claude Bernard, AP-HP, Université Denis Diderot (Paris 7), Paris, France
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  • Charles Marc Samama, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Département d'anesthésie-Réanimation, CHU Avicenne, AP-HP, Université Léonard de Vinci (Paris 13), Bobigny, France
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  • Moussa Hamadouche, MD

      Affiliations

    • Service de Chirurgie Orthopédique et Traumatologique, CHU Cochin-Port Royal, AP-HP, Université René Descartes (Paris 5), Paris, France

Received 9 August 2006; accepted 25 September 2006.

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☆ The trial was funded by Sanofi-Aventis. Sanofi-Aventis participated in the study design, collection of the data, and statistical analysis, with support from an independent statistical company (Sylia-Stat, Bourg la Reine, France). The statistical analysis plan, writing of the report, and decision to submit the paper were independent of Sanofi-Aventis, Paris, France.

☆☆ All authors received consultancy fees, and B Riou and M Hamadouche received lecture sponsorships from Sanofi-Aventis, Paris, France.

PII: S0735-6757(06)00419-0

doi:10.1016/j.ajem.2006.09.012

American Journal of Emergency Medicine
Volume 25, Issue 5 , Pages 502-508, June 2007

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