Caprini VTE computerized risk assessment improves the use of thromboprophylaxis in hospitalized patients with pulmonary disorders.

Background: Adequate thromboprophylaxis reduces the risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE) by half in hospitalized patients. A single scoring system is recommended to improve thromboprophylaxis.

Objectives: We investigated the impact of implementing a computerized system to prevent VTE in inpatients with pulmonary diseases and identified predictors of the overuse and underuse of pharmacological thromboprophylaxis.

The comparison between Caprini and Padua VTE risk assessment models for hospitalised cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy at the tertiary oncology department in Poland: is pharmacological thromboprophylaxis overused?

Aim Of The Study: Thromboprophylaxis in cancer patients during hospitalization reduces the risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE).

Material And Methods: To assess the underuse and the overuse of thromboprophylaxis in cancer patients at a tertiary oncology department, we retrospectively analyzed 1983 consecutive hospitalizations of 498 cancer patients who received chemotherapy from October 2016 to May 2017. The Padua prediction score (≥ 4 points) and Caprini risk assessment (≥ 5 points) were used to identify patients at high risk of VTE.

Real-life use of thromboprophylaxis in patients hospitalized for pulmonary disorders: A single-center retrospective study.

Background: Underuse of thromboprophylaxis in hospitalized medical patients is still common worldwide. Little is known about the use of thromboprophylaxis in patients with pulmonary diseases in everyday hospital practice.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to assess the use of pharmacological prophylaxis of venous thromboembolism (VTE) in real-life patients with pulmonary diseases.