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Highlights the importance of tailoring venous thromboembolism prophylaxis to individual baseline risk factors in hospitalized patients.
Venous thromboembolism is a preventable cause of morbidity and death in hospitalized patients. In addition to administering correct and effective prophylaxis to the various treatment groups, therapy should be tailored to the individual based on the identification of baseline risk factors. No patient at significant risk for venous thrombosis should be left unprotected.
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