Key result
Hospital-acquired venous thromboembolism prevention in the UK is evolving with new NICE guidelines and risk assessment tools, though experts suggest thromboprophylaxis needs mandating.
Population
Hospitalised patients in the United Kingdom
Design
Review
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May warrant mandated thromboprophylaxis in UK hospitals; leaves open optimal implementation amid NICE updates and oral anticoagulant shifts.
Highlights the need for mandated thromboprophylaxis in UK hospitals to prevent hospital-acquired VTE and notes the upcoming shift from LMWH to new oral anticoagulants.
Beverley J. Hunt (2008) conducted a review in Hospital-acquired venous thromboembolism. Thromboprophylaxis was evaluated. Hospital-acquired venous thromboembolism prevention in the UK is evolving with new NICE guidelines and risk assessment tools, though experts suggest thromboprophylaxis needs mandating.
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