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January 1, 2010Annals of Thoracic MedicineOpen Access

Venous thromboembolism prophylaxis for hospitalized medical patients, current status and strategies to improve

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Hospitalized medical patients

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Review

Authors

HAHikmat Abdel‐RazeqUniversity of Jordan

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Overview

VTE prophylaxis remains underutilized in medical inpatients; confirms persistent gap and leaves open optimal implementation of education or audit programs.

Structured PICO

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Population
Hospitalized medical patients
I
Intervention
Venous thromboembolism (VTE) prophylaxis (unfractionated heparin and low molecular weight heparins)
O
Outcome
Incidence of VTE and its associated complications, and utilization rates of prophylaxis

This review highlights the significant underutilization of evidence-based VTE prophylaxis in hospitalized medical patients and emphasizes the need for systemic improvements like educational programs and strict risk assessment.

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Hikmat Abdel‐Razeq (2010) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a83faaf062e2d56a83e96aehttps://doi.org/10.4103/1817-1737.69104
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