Venous thromboembolism prophylaxis may cause more harm than benefit: an evidence-based analysis of Canadian and international guidelines

Venous thromboembolism prophylaxis may cause more harm than benefit: an evidence-based analysis of Canadian and international guidelines

Abstract A majority of deep vein thromboses identified in screening studies of hospitalized patients remain clinically insignificant. Guidelines based on these studies markedly overestimate the risk of clinical venous thromboembolism (VTE) and the benefit of heparin prophylaxis. Accordingly, in 2012...

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Main Author: Andrew Kotaska
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-10-01
Series:Thrombosis Journal
Subjects:
Venous thromboembolism
Prophylaxis
Guidelines
Evidence-based medicine
Conflict of interest
Deep vein thrombosis
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12959-018-0180-6

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http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12959-018-0180-6

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