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Routine VTE prophylaxis : Is there a net health benefit? Therapeutics Initiative (University of British Columbia)

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Therapeutics Letter 120 explores whether or not there is a net health benefit for routine venous thromboembolism (VTE) prophylaxis. Conclusions: The risk of symptomatic VTE in hospitalized medical patients is less than 2%. Prophylaxis with low molecular weight heparins does not reduce all-cause mortality. Prophylaxis has unknown effects on PE/DVT (due to missing outcome data), but increases the risk of major bleeds. Risk assessment tools for DVT (such as IMPROVE RAM) can identify patients at low risk of VTE.

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Routine VTE prophylaxis : Is there a net health benefit?
Alternate Title
Therapeutics Letter 120
Creator
Therapeutics Initiative (University of British Columbia)
Date Issued
2019-06
Description
Therapeutics Letter 120 explores whether or not there is a net health benefit for routine venous thromboembolism (VTE) prophylaxis. Conclusions: The risk of symptomatic VTE in hospitalized medical patients is less than 2%. Prophylaxis with low molecular weight heparins does not reduce all-cause mortality. Prophylaxis has unknown effects on PE/DVT (due to missing outcome data), but increases the risk of major bleeds. Risk assessment tools for DVT (such as IMPROVE RAM) can identify patients at low risk of VTE.
Subject
Anticoagulants; Hemorrhage; Heparin, Low-Molecular-Weight; Risk Assessment; Venous Thromboembolism
Genre
Other
Type
Text
Language
eng
Notes
The UBC TI is funded by the BC Ministry of Health to provide evidence-based information about drug therapy. We neither formulate nor adjudicate provincial drug policies.
Date Available
2023-06-20
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
DOI
10.14288/1.0433699
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/85109
Affiliation
Medicine, Faculty of; Anesthesiology, Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Department of
Peer Review Status
Reviewed
Scholarly Level
Faculty; Researcher
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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