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17036939

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-10-12
pubmed:abstractText
Venous thromboembolism (VTE) remains a significant threat to public health despite the availability of effective and safe prophylactic measures and treatments. Guidelines based on randomized clinical trials are available to improve the management of thromboembolic disease. However, gaps exist between recommendations and clinical practice, and many patients are unnecessarily exposed to the risk of a deep vein thrombosis or potentially fatal pulmonary embolism. Barriers responsible for poor compliance with current antithrombotic guidelines include lack of familiarity with recommendations, overestimation of bleeding risk, underestimation of thrombotic risk, and logistical limitations of health care management systems. Improving compliance is a complex task, but successful initiatives rest upon improving thrombotic risk-assessment methods and facilitating appropriate prescribing of prophylaxis. Multifaceted, interdisciplinary strategies involving risk-assessment models, electronic reminders, and audit and feedback show the most potential to improve compliance with guidelines.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
H
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
1062-3388
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
15
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
49-50, 53-60, 66
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
Compliance with antithrombotic guidelines.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Surgery, Evanston Northwestern Healthcare, Glenbrook Hospital, 2100 Pfingsten Road, Glenview, IL 60025, USA. jcaprini2@aol.com
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't