Guidelines' risk assessment recommendations for venous thromboembolism prophylaxis: A comparison and implementability appraisal

Venous thromboembolism (VTE) prophylaxis guidelines for non-surgical patients recommend VTE- and bleeding risk assessment to guide prophylactic strategies. These recommendations differ between guidelines and implementation is suboptimal. Assessing a guideline's implementability characteristics helps predicting the ease of implementation and reveals barriers.

Source: Thrombosis Research - May 26, 2018 Category: Hematology Authors: M.J. Moesker, N.L. Damen, E.E. Volmeijer, D. Dreesens, E.M. de Loos, R. Vink, M. Coppens, M.J. Kruip, K. Meijer, M. Langelaan, M.C. de Bruijne, C. Wagner Tags: Full Length Article Source Type: research