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Does hydroxychloroquine sulphate reduce the incidence of deep venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism in postoperative patients?
Does hydroxychloroquine sulphate reduce the incidence of deep venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism in postoperative patients?
Hydroxychloroquine sulphate may be useful in reducing the incidence of postoperative deep venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism.
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Should not change practice; hypothesis-generating case observation leaves open hydroxychloroquine's role in postoperative VTE prevention.
Two series of patients observed clinically and by phlebography suggest that one agent known to produce a reduction in platelet aggregation in vitro might be useful in reducing the incidence of deep venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism postoperatively. The agent used in this study was hydroxychlorquine sulphate.
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Carter et al. (1971) studied this question.
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