Overuse and underuse of thromboprophylaxis in medical inpatients

CONCLUSION: The proportion of medical inpatients considered as high or low VTE risk varied widely according to different RAMs. Only half of patients were consistently categorized in the same risk group by all RAMs. While TPX remains underused in high-risk patients, overuse in low-risk patients is even more pronounced.PMID:37745158 | PMC:PMC10514554 | DOI:10.1016/j.rpth.2023.102184

Source: Thrombosis and Haemostasis - September 25, 2023 Category: Hematology Authors: Barbara Kocher Pauline Darbellay Farhoumand Damiana Pulver Basil Kopp Damien Choffat Tobias Tritschler Peter Vollenweider Jean-Luc Reny Nicolas Rodondi Drahomir Aujesky Marie M éan Christine Baumgartner Source Type: research