Background: Thromboprophylaxis has been determined to be safe, effective and cost-effective for hospitalised patients at venous thromboembolism (VTE) risk. However, Chinese medical institutions have not yet fully used or improperly used thromboprophylaxis. The effectiveness of information technology applied to thromboprophylaxis in hospitalised patients has been proved in many retrospective studies, lacking of prospective research evidence.
Methods: All hospitalised patients aged >18 years not discharged within 24 hours from 1 September 2020 to 31 May 2021 were prospectively enrolled. Patients were randomly assigned to the control (9890 patients) or intervention group (9895 patients). The control group implemented conventional VTE prevention programmes; the intervention group implemented an Artificial Intelligence Clinical Assistant Decision Support System (AI-CDSS) on the basis of conventional prevention. Intergroup demographics, disease status, hospital length of stay (LOS), VTE risk assessment and VTE prophylaxis were compared using the χ test, Fisher's exact test, t-test or Wilcoxon rank-sum test. Univariate and multivariate logistic regressions were used to explore the risk factor of VTE.
Results: The control and intervention groups had similar baseline characteristics. The mean age was 58.32±15.41 years, and mean LOS was 7.82±7.07 days. In total, 5027 (25.40%) and 2707 (13.67%) patients were assessed as having intermediate-to-high VTE risk and high bleeding risk, respectively. The incidence of hospital-associated VTE (HA-VTE) was 0.38%, of which 86.84% had deep vein thrombosis. Compared with the control group, the incidence of HA-VTE decreased by 46.00%, mechanical prophylaxis rate increased by 24.00% and intensity of drug use increased by 9.72% in the intervention group. However, AI-CDSS use did not increase the number of clinical diagnostic tests, prophylaxis rate or appropriate prophylaxis rate.
Conclusions: Thromboprophylaxis is inadequate in hospitalised patients with VTE risk. The role of AI-CDSS in VTE risk management is unknown and needs further in-depth study.
Trial Registration Number: ChiCTR2000035452.
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