Low-Molecular-Weight Heparin and Mortality in Acutely Ill Medical Patients
New England Journal of MedicinePublished 28 December 2011Open access
Ajay K. Kakkar, Claudio Cimminiello, Samuel Z. Goldhaber, Rajiv Parakh, Chen Wang, Jean‐François Bergmann
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The use of enoxaparin plus elasticStockings with graduated compression, as compared with elastic stockings with graduating compression alone, was not associated with a reduction in the rate of death from any cause among hospitalized, acutely ill medical patients.
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The use of enoxaparin plus elastic stockings with graduated compression, as compared with elastic stockings with graduated compression alone, was not associated with a reduction in the rate of death from any cause among hospitalized, acutely ill medical patients. (Funded by Sanofi; LIFENOX ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT00622648.).
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