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Does pharmacological or mechanical prophylaxis prevent venous thromboembolic complications in hospitalized medical patients?
Does pharmacological or mechanical prophylaxis prevent venous thromboembolic complications in hospitalized medical patients?
Adequate risk stratification and timely pharmacological or mechanical prophylaxis are essential to prevent VTE in hospitalized medical patients, while aspirin is ineffective for this purpose.
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Persistent VTE burden persists despite known methods; leaves open optimal prevention strategies in hospitalized surgical and primary care patients.
Venous thromboembolic complications remain a widespread cause of mortality and disability in hospitalized patients both in surgery and primary care all over the world, despite the fact that medical and mechanical methods of prevention have been known for several decades.
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