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Lack of Clinical Benefit of Thromboprophylaxis in Patients Hospitalized in a Medical Unit Over a 10-year Span

Author(s) -

Migner-Laurin

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

journal of clinical medicine research

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1918-3011

pISSN - 1918-3003

DOI - 10.14740/jocmr1712w

Subject(s) - medicine , contraindication , incidence (geometry) , venous thromboembolism , retrospective cohort study , number needed to harm , cohort study , emergency medicine , pediatrics , relative risk , confidence interval , number needed to treat , thrombosis , physics , alternative medicine , pathology , optics

Thromboprophylaxis for hospitalized patients with a high risk of venous thromboembolic events (VTEs) is strongly recommended but is not universally applied on medical units. Outside of randomized trials, there is minimal evidence that the usual medications reduce the incidence of clinically significant VTE.

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