Impact of sepsis on risk of postoperative arterial and venous thromboses: large prospective cohort study.

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Published in BMJ on September 08, 2014

Authors

Jacques D Donzé1, Paul M Ridker2, Samuel R G Finlayson3, David W Bates4

Author Affiliations

1: Division of General Internal Medicine, Bern University Hospital, 3010 Bern, Switzerland Division of General Internal Medicine and Primary Care, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 02120 Boston, Massachusetts, USA Harvard Medical School, 02115 Boston, Massachusetts, USA donze.author@gmail.com.
2: Harvard Medical School, 02115 Boston, Massachusetts, USA Center for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention, Division of Preventive Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 02215 Boston, MA Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 02215 Boston, MA, USA.
3: Department of Surgery, University of Utah, 84132 Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
4: Division of General Internal Medicine and Primary Care, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 02120 Boston, Massachusetts, USA Harvard Medical School, 02115 Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

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