February 20, 2007Annals of Internal Medicine
Meta-analysis: Anticoagulant Prophylaxis to Prevent Symptomatic Venous Thromboembolism in Hospitalized Medical Patients
Why the study?
Does anticoagulant prophylaxis prevent symptomatic venous thromboembolism in at-risk hospitalized medical patients?
Population
at-risk hospitalized medical patients
Design
Meta-analysis
Authors
Discussion
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Implication
Supports routine anticoagulant prophylaxis in at-risk hospitalized medical patients; confirms efficacy from prior RCTs in meta-analysis.
Structured PICO
Does anticoagulant prophylaxis prevent symptomatic venous thromboembolism in at-risk hospitalized medical patients?
P
Population
at-risk hospitalized medical patients
I
Intervention
Anticoagulant prophylaxis
O
Outcome
symptomatic venous thromboembolismhard clinical
Anticoagulant prophylaxis is effective for preventing symptomatic VTE in hospitalized medical patients during treatment.
Limitations
- Unknown risk for venous thromboembolism after prophylaxis has been stopped
Cite This Study
Dentali et al. (2007) studied this question.