Use of aspirin postoperatively in patients treated with orthopedic oncology surgery may be suitable and effective for venous thromboembolic chemoprophylaxis, according to results published in The ...

The earliest published study on this topic was a retrospective case–control study by Northup and associates [8] focusing on 113 inpatients with cirrhosis who had newly diagnosed VTE during hospital ...

bloodstream idweek Perioperative venous thromboembolism (VTE) prophylaxis is beneficial only for surgical patients with Caprini scores of ≥7, according to a meta-analysis published online Jan. 23 in ...

Impact of early engagement of patients with clinical trial information in a system-based multidisciplinary breast cancer clinic on clinical trial enrollment. Step 1. Draft a single VTE protocol using ...

Guidelines for VTE Prophylaxis in Nonsurgical Patients Issued New evidence-based clinical practice guidelines have been issued for the prophylaxis of venous thromboembolism (VTE) in nonsurgical ...

Venous thromboembolism incidence has remained low and largely unchanged following colorectal surgery despite an increase in pre- and post-surgical prevention strategies, according to study results.

Yet, there are challenges in providing the appropriate care, due in part to the lack of awareness, guidelines, and best practices for implementation of extended prophylaxis. Ensuring that patients ...

"We still have a lot of work ahead to define what the most informative prediction/scoring VTE systems are, for both newly diagnosed and relapsed/refractory MM patients, and how we can make them more ...

Incidence of venous thromboembolism remains 'substantial' despite expert guidelines and newer risk prediction scores ...

Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2012;69(8):658-663. There are inherent limitations to the determination of VTE risk in the population of patients with cirrhosis. In most of the studies evaluated in this ...