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10692733

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-3-23
pubmed:abstractText
The incidence of symptomatic deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism acquired in hospital was studied, and the effectiveness of current thromboprophylaxis was assessed in an open study of 8648 admissions to the Doncaster Royal Infirmary between April and July 1994. On admission, all patients were assessed for their likely risk of thromboembolic problems according to THRIFT criteria. Treatment, prophylaxis, complications and outcome were recorded on discharge. A high risk sub-group was followed up for up to 42 days after discharge. The overall rate of clinically apparent hospital-acquired thromboembolic complications was 0.4% (n = 35). The rate of clinically apparent thromboembolic disease in the high risk group was 2.1% (n = 17). The incidence of thromboembolic problems appeared not to be reduce by prophylaxis apparently even when stratified by risk group. These findings suggest that thromboembolic complications may be less common than would be expected from published literature. Thromboprophylaxis as currently practised within our institution does not seem to affect the incidence of deep vein thrombosis or pulmonary embolism, and these results would appear to argue against a 'blanket' policy for pharmacological thromboprophylaxis.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1368-5031
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
53
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
497-504
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-2-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
A prospective audit of hospital-acquired deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism.
pubmed:affiliation
Doncaster Royal Infirmary, South Yorkshire, UK.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article