Early Chemoprophylaxis in Severely Injured Trauma Patients Reduces Risk of Venous Thromboembolism.

CONCLUSIONS: In severely injured trauma patients with ISS >15, early VTE prophylaxis within 24 hours significantly reduced the risk of VTE as compared with delayed prophylaxis. Early chemoprophylaxis was found to be efficacious in reducing the incidence of VTE; however, the safety of this practice should be evaluated by future prospective studies. PMID: 32723180 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: The American Surgeon - July 28, 2020 Category: Surgery Authors: Hecht JP, Han EJ, Brandt MM, Wahl WL Tags: Am Surg Source Type: research

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