Consensus on Management of Deep Vein Thrombosis with Emphasis on NOACs (Non-Vitamin K Antagonist Oral Anticoagulants): Recommendations from Inter-Disciplinary Group of Indian Experts.

Consensus on Management of Deep Vein Thrombosis with Emphasis on NOACs (Non-Vitamin K Antagonist Oral Anticoagulants): Recommendations from Inter-Disciplinary Group of Indian Experts. J Assoc Physicians India. 2016 Sep;64(9):7-26 Authors: Parakh R, Krishna PR, Amin P, Bedi VS, Desai S, Dumra HS, Gupta PC, Gupta V, Hydrabadi R, Kamerkar D, Mahajan N, Pai P, Patel P, Rai K, Sekhar R, Selvaraj D, Sharma A, Subrammaniyan SR Abstract It is estimated that around 2.5 lac patients are identified as having an acute venous thrombo-embolic event in India annually. This includes patients with deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism, and is estimated to result in more than 3.7 lacs deaths each year in European countries. The 'Consensus on Management of Deep Vein Thrombosis with Emphasis on NOACs (Non-Vitamin K Antagonist Oral Anticoagulants): Recommendations from Inter-Disciplinary Group of Indian Experts' position paper was developed to assist clinicians and institutions with an evidence-based approach to the diagnosis and treatment of acute deep vein thrombosis patients. Key to the evaluation of patients with suspected deep vein thrombosis is the use of the clinician's clinical evaluation with the help of pre-test probability tools as well as judicious use of objective diagnostic tests. Our hope is that we have supplemented clinicians' clinical acumen, and assisted them and their health systems in developing best practice approaches to this...
Source: Journal of the Association of Physicians of India - Category: General Medicine Tags: J Assoc Physicians India Source Type: research