Physician Alerts to Prevent Symptomatic Venous Thromboembolism in Hospitalized Patients | Zendy

Gregory Piazza | Zendy; Erin J. Rosenbaum | Zendy; William J. Pendergast | Zendy; Joseph O. Jacobson | Zendy; Robert C. Pendleton | Zendy; Gordon D. McLaren | Zendy; C. Gregory Elliott | Zendy; Scott M. Stevens | Zendy; William F. Patton | Zendy; Ousama Dabbagh | Zendy; Marilyn D. Paterno | Zendy; Elaine Catapane | Zendy; Zhongzhen Li | Zendy; Samuel Z. Goldhaber | Zendy

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Physician Alerts to Prevent Symptomatic Venous Thromboembolism in Hospitalized Patients

Author(s) -

Gregory Piazza,

Erin J. Rosenbaum,

William J. Pendergast,

Joseph O. Jacobson,

Robert C. Pendleton,

Gordon D. McLaren,

C. Gregory Elliott,

Scott M. Stevens,

William F. Patton,

Ousama Dabbagh,

Marilyn D. Paterno,

Elaine Catapane,

Zhongzhen Li,

Samuel Z. Goldhaber

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

circulation

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795

H-Index - 607

eISSN - 1524-4539

pISSN - 0009-7322

DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.108.841197

Subject(s) - medicine , venous thromboembolism , intensive care medicine , medical emergency , emergency medicine , thrombosis

Venous thromboembolism (VTE) prophylaxis remains underused among hospitalized patients. We designed and carried out a large, multicenter, randomized controlled trial to test the hypothesis that an alert from a hospital staff member to the attending physician will reduce the rate of symptomatic VTE among high-risk patients not receiving prophylaxis.

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