Age Is Not Just a Number: Older Patients With Lower Extremity Fractures Have Higher Rates of Pulmonary Embolism Despite Anticoagulation

Presenting Author / Corresponding Author(s)

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  Thompson Zhuang, MD (he/him/his)

  Resident
  University of Pennsylvania
  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

  Financial Disclosure: This individual reported nothing to disclose

Co-Author(s)

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  Bijan Dehghani, MD, MS

  Resident Physician Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
  Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
• MA

  Mohammed Shayan Abdullah, MD

  The University of Pennsylvania
• AB

  Anna Blaeser

  University of Pennsylvania
• AT

  Alyssa Thorman, MD

  University of Pennsylvania
• JD

  Jean-Claude G. D'Alleyrand, MD

  University of Pennsylvania
• DD

  Derek J. Donegan, MD, MBA (he/him/his)

  Associate Professor
  University of Pennsylvania
  Malvern, Pennsylvania, United States
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  Samir Mehta, MD (he/him/his)

  Chief, Orthopaedic Trauma & Fracture Service
  University of Pennsylvania
  Haddonfield, New Jersey, United States