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Risk factors for thromboembolism in burn patients admitted to the burn unit at King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Thamer A. Althunayan, Saad M. AlQarni, Waleed A. Mohsenh, Ahmed M. Alkhalifah, Abdullmajeed N. Alsadi, Omar S. Alrushid and Mohammad M. Al-Qattan
Saudi Medical Journal October 2019, 40 (10) 1027-1031; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2019.10.23955
Thamer A. Althunayan
From the College of Medicine (Althunayan, AlQarni, Mohsenh, Alkhalifah, Alsadi, Alrushid), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences; from the Department of Surgery (Qattan), Ministry of the National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and from the Department of Surgery (Qattan), King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; from the Department of Research (Althunayan, AlQarni, Mohsenh, Alkhalifah, Alsadi, Alrushid, Qattan) King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Saad M. AlQarni
From the College of Medicine (Althunayan, AlQarni, Mohsenh, Alkhalifah, Alsadi, Alrushid), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences; from the Department of Surgery (Qattan), Ministry of the National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and from the Department of Surgery (Qattan), King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; from the Department of Research (Althunayan, AlQarni, Mohsenh, Alkhalifah, Alsadi, Alrushid, Qattan) King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Waleed A. Mohsenh
From the College of Medicine (Althunayan, AlQarni, Mohsenh, Alkhalifah, Alsadi, Alrushid), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences; from the Department of Surgery (Qattan), Ministry of the National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and from the Department of Surgery (Qattan), King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; from the Department of Research (Althunayan, AlQarni, Mohsenh, Alkhalifah, Alsadi, Alrushid, Qattan) King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Ahmed M. Alkhalifah
From the College of Medicine (Althunayan, AlQarni, Mohsenh, Alkhalifah, Alsadi, Alrushid), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences; from the Department of Surgery (Qattan), Ministry of the National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and from the Department of Surgery (Qattan), King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; from the Department of Research (Althunayan, AlQarni, Mohsenh, Alkhalifah, Alsadi, Alrushid, Qattan) King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Abdullmajeed N. Alsadi
From the College of Medicine (Althunayan, AlQarni, Mohsenh, Alkhalifah, Alsadi, Alrushid), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences; from the Department of Surgery (Qattan), Ministry of the National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and from the Department of Surgery (Qattan), King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; from the Department of Research (Althunayan, AlQarni, Mohsenh, Alkhalifah, Alsadi, Alrushid, Qattan) King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Omar S. Alrushid
From the College of Medicine (Althunayan, AlQarni, Mohsenh, Alkhalifah, Alsadi, Alrushid), King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences; from the Department of Surgery (Qattan), Ministry of the National Guard Health Affairs, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and from the Department of Surgery (Qattan), King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; from the Department of Research (Althunayan, AlQarni, Mohsenh, Alkhalifah, Alsadi, Alrushid, Qattan) King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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Mohammad M. Al-Qattan
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