Thrombosis Prevention

Research reports on thrombosis prevention from M.C. Struijk-Mulder and colleagues provide new insights

Published in Blood Weekly, May 6th, 2010

New research, 'Comparing consensus guidelines on thromboprophylaxis in orthopedic surgery,' is the subject of a report. According to a study from Zwolle, Netherlands, "Different guidelines exist regarding the prevention of venous thromboembolism (VTE) in orthopedic surgery. We aimed to compare (inter)national guidelines and analyse differences."

"MEDLINE, the Cochrane Library and the internet were searched for guidelines on the prevention of VTE in orthopedic surgery. From these, we constructed a table comparing the different antithrombotic regimens during different orthopedic surgical and plaster cast treatments. Eleven guidelines from nine different countries and one...

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Source: Blood Weekly (2010-05-06)

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