OTA 2001 Posters - Polytrauma

*Characteristics That Affect Outcomes of Patients with Limb-Threatening Lower Extremity Injuries

Ellen MacKenzie, PhD, Michael J. Bosse, MD, Andrew Burgess, MD; Lawrence Webb, MD; Marc Swiontkowski, MD; Roy Sanders, MD; A. Jones, MD; Mark McAndrew, MD; Brendan Patterson, MD; Melissa L. McCarthy, ScD; Thomas Travison; Renan C. Castillo, MS, The LEAP STUDY GROUP, Johns Hopkins University, School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, MD (all authors ­ a-NIH,HIAMS)

*Comparison of the First Synthetic Factor Xa Inhibitor, Arixtra/Xantidar (Pentasaccharide), with Low Molecular Weight Heparin in the Prevention of Venous Thromboembolism

Alexander G.G. Turpie, MD; James E. Muntz, MD; Kenneth A. Bauer, MD; Bengt Eriksson, MD, Goteborg, Sweden; Michael R. Lassen, MD, Copenhagen, Denmark; Hamilton General Hospital, McMaster Clinic, Hamilton, ON Canada (all authors ­ a,e-Organan Sanofi-Synthelabo, LLC)