Why the study?
Does BI <=9 or nonambulatory status identify acute ischemic stroke patients at high risk for VTE?
Does BI <=9 or nonambulatory status identify acute ischemic stroke patients at high risk for VTE?
Patients with acute ischemic stroke who have a BI <=9 or are nonambulatory at admission are at very high risk for VTE, suggesting current thromboprophylaxis strategies may be inadequate for this subgroup.
May identify high VTE-risk stroke subgroup; hypothesis-generating for targeted prophylaxis trials.
BI < or =9 or nonambulatory status around the time of admission identifies a subgroup of acute ischemic stroke patients at very high risk for VTE in whom the current strategy of thromboprophylaxis may be inadequate. Future thromboprophylactic studies should focus on the patients at high risk defined in this study.
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