Patient compliance with venous thromboembolism prophylaxis (VTE)
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Venous thromboembolism (VTE) risk assessment and prophylaxis in acute orthopaedic admissions: improving compliance with national guidelines
"Each year over 25,000 people die from Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) contracted in hospital. This is more than the combined total of deaths from breast cancer, AIDS and traffic accidents". (1) Orthopaedic patients are at particular risk of VTE. In 2011, the project team carried out an audit into compliance with national VTE assessment guidelines on all acute trauma and orthopaedic admissions dur...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Clinical Orthopaedics and Trauma
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0976-5662
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcot.2017.03.009