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Vasc Health Risk Manag
September 2023
Surgery Department, National Ribat University, Khartoum, Sudan.
Background: Hospital-acquired thrombosis (HAT) is associated with significant morbidity, mortality, and financial burden globally. Following trusted guidelines for VTE prevention has shown effective, safe, and satisfactory results. This prompts national collaborative efforts to maintain a consensus approach for the safe risk assessment of inpatients and the prescription of thromboprophylaxis.
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November 2021
Trauma and Orthopaedics, Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Barnsley, GBR.
Background The economic burden caused by venous thromboembolism (VTE) to the National Health Service (NHS) is approximately £640 million. There is a significant national drive for VTE prophylaxis prescription given the high morbidity and mortality rates associated with VTE following lower limb orthopaedic surgery. The primary objective of this analysis was to examine the adherence to the updated VTE guidelines, NG89, by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) regarding prophylaxis for patients undergoing lower limb orthopaedic surgery, where the weight-bearing status will be reduced postoperatively, in an urban community hospital.
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September 2019
Department of Haematological Medicine, King's Thrombosis Centre, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
Br J Haematol
September 2019
Department of Haematology, Imperial College Academic Health Sciences Centre, Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK.
Br J Haematol
September 2019
National Guideline Centre, Royal College of Physicians, London, UK.
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