Thromboembolism prophylaxis
Effectiveness of a novel and scalable clinical decision support intervention to improve venous thromboembolism prophylaxis: a quasi-experimental study
... VTE prophylaxis based on patient ...order prophylaxis unless their patients were low risk as defined by the absence of eleven listed risk factors ...If prophylaxis was declined, a reason had to be ...
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Venous thromboembolism prophylaxis guideline implementation is improved by nurse directed feedback and audit
... pharmacological prophylaxis depending on the endpoint being assessed ...pharmacological prophylaxis in general medi- cal patients admitted to hospital ...
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Intermittent pneumatic compression is a cost-effective method of orthopedic postsurgical venous thromboembolism prophylaxis
... and prophylaxis from randomized controlled tri- als, meta-analyses, and large observational ...three prophylaxis strategies, that are as follows, were compared: low-molec- ular-weight heparin (LMWH) alone, ...
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VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM PROPHYLAXIS: A SURVEY OF SURGEONS CURRENT PRACTICE IN HIGH ALTITUDE AREA
... VTE prophylaxis, which was adopted from other study, [7] with some modifications was distributed to surgeons (consultant and Specialist) from different specialty; General, Orthopedics, Cardiothoracic, Plastic, ...
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VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM PROPHYLAXIS IN MEDICAL INPATIENTS AND ADHERENCE TO GUIDELINE RECOMMENDATIONS: A PROSPECTIVE STUDY
... VTE prophylaxis is not properly addressed in medical inpatients in our ...pharmacological prophylaxis (especially in low- risk patients) which leads to substantial economic burden on the health care ...
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Introduction of a Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis Protocol for Older Adult Psychiatric Patients.
... VTE prophylaxis and this was not widely considered as an important part of the admission ...VTE prophylaxis assessment protocol on an Older Adult Psychiatric ward has increased the number of patients that ...
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Efficacy and safety of venous thromboembolism prophylaxis with apixaban in major orthopedic surgery
... venous thromboembolism (VTE) in most countries around the ...prolonged prophylaxis up to 35 days after ...VTE prophylaxis in daily care, and on the management of specific situations such as bleeding ...
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Cross-sectional study of adherence to venous thromboembolism prophylaxis guidelines in hospitalized patients. The Trombo-Brit study
... The overall TP adherence rate according to institu- tional guidelines was 72.7% (95% CI 63 – 80.5%). Ad- equate TP in the high and very high risk groups was found in 79% of patients (227/284, 95% CI 71.6 – 87.2%), whilst ...
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Results of a venous thromboembolism prophylaxis program for hospitalized patients
... Assessments were performed within the first 24 hours after admission for all hospitalized patients, except for those under palliative care, already using anticoagulants, or presenting VTE. The assessments were performed ...
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The Use of Low Molecular Weight Heparin for Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis in Medical Patients: How Much Are We Adherent to the Guidelines?
... Appropriate dosing is essential to provide optimal protection when pharmacological methods are chosen. Weight in kilograms, BMI and kidneys function should be taken into consideration when deciding on the dose of LMWH. ...
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Venous thromboembolism prophylaxis strategies for people undergoing elective total knee replacement: a systematic review and network meta-analysis
... combination prophylaxis strategies consisting of pharmacological and mechanical interventions were recommended for the eTKR surgery population in the CG92 ...combination prophylaxis strategies may not be as ...
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Safety of apixaban for venous thromboembolism prophylaxis: the evidence to date
... Apixaban is a novel DOAC: a direct fXa inhibitor. In an exten- sive premarketing clinical development program, apixaban was evaluated with respect to the standard recommended treatments and displayed superior efficacy ...
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The effect of a continuing medical education program on Venous thromboembolism prophylaxis utilization and mortality in a tertiary-care hospital
... This was a retrospective observational study that was conducted at King Fahad General Hospital, a 900-bed tertiary-care university-affiliated hospital in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. It was operated by the Saudi Ministry of ...
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Venous thromboembolism prophylaxis may cause more harm than benefit: an evidence-based analysis of Canadian and international guidelines
... Canadian and international hospital VTE guidelines In response to Accreditation Canada’ s ROP, most Canadian hospitals implemented VTE guidelines based on the Getting Started Kit. From a convenience sample of VTE ...
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Novel Oral Anticoagulants for Stroke Prophylaxis and Venous Thromboembolism Prevention and Treatment
... Novel oral anticoagulants appear to offer physicians and patients multiple new options for anticoagulation in the setting of nonvalvular atrial fibrillation, deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism treatment as well ...
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Advances in Multidetector CT Diagnosis of Pediatric Pulmonary Thromboembolism
... pulmonary thromboembolism prediction algorithms are just now coming to ...pulmonary thromboembolism, the following five statistically significant risk factors for pulmonary thromboembolism have been ...
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Diet as prophylaxis and treatment for venous thromboembolism?
... VTE prophylaxis. For both prophylaxis and treat- ment of VTE, we propose RCTs comparing standard anticoagulation with low VTE risk diets, and we discuss the statistical considerations for an example of such ...
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Chemoprophylaxis in addition to mechanical prophylaxis after total knee arthroplasty surgery does not reduce the incidence of venous thromboembolism
... mechanical prophylaxis is 4.6%. The use of mech- anical and chemical prophylaxis did not lower the risk of developing DVT (incidence of ...chemo- prophylaxis revealed that all DVT that developed with ...
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Evaluation of unmet clinical needs in prophylaxis and treatment of venous thromboembolism in at-risk patient groups: pregnancy, elderly and obese patients
... Anticoagulants and dose regimens in bariatric surgery The number of patients undergoing bariatric surgery procedures is increasing, and VTE prevention research in this area warrants more attention to define best prac- ...
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<p>Incidence of Venous Thromboembolism, Risk Factors and Prophylaxis in Hospitalized Patients in the South West Region of Cameroon</p>
... venous thromboembolism (VTE), its risk fac- tors and the proportion of patients at risk that receive throm- boprophylaxis in two hospitals in the South West Region of ...
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