Proper risk assessment remains an important but often challenging part of venous thromboembolism (VTE) prophylaxis. One the known models used worldwide is Caprini score, which has been tested in different medical and surgical specialties. The primary objective this systematic review was to identify appropriate thresholds score that are associated with increased VTE across An electronic search M...

INTRODUCTION Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a relatively common complication during hospital stay and determination of VTE risk is critical to choosing the best prophylactic strategy for each patient. OBJECTIVES In the present study we studied the risk profile for VTE in hospitalized patients in a group of hospitals in Portugal. METHODS Based on an open cohort of 4248 patients hospitalized...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the risk factors and physician's compliance to American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) guidelines recommendations for venous thromboembolism (VTE) prevention at our hospital. METHODS This retrospective cohort study was conducted at King Abdulaziz Hospital, Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia from November 2009 to December 2009. We used the American College of Chest Physicians ...

Introduction Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) is one of the two possible clinical manifestations venous thromboembolism (VTE), and other pulmonary embolism. The most common reasons behind upper limb DVT can be central catheterization, compression subclavian or anatomical abnormalities. Aim aim this study to stress importance accurate diagnosis relatively rare (SCVT). Due low specificity signs symptom...

BACKGROUND Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in orthopaedic surgery. While specific guidelines exist for hip and knee arthroplasty, there is wide variation in VTE prophylaxis in complex spinal surgery. This study sought to determine the incidence of VTE, and risk factors associated with VTE, in patients undergoing elective instrumented posterior lumb...