Given that at least 60% of all venous thromboembolism (VTE) events in medically ill hospitalized patients occur the weeks after hospital discharge, it seems time to support extended VTE prophylaxis high-risk medical with a low bleeding risk who are discharged post-acute care, said Patrick P. Coll, MD, AGSF, CMD, Annual Conference AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine. “I...
