These guidelines provide the first Korean consensus recommendations for primary VTE prevention across various clinical and surgical settings based on risk stratification.
Enables risk-stratified thromboprophylaxis in Korean settings; extends global strategies with the first national consensus.
This guideline focuses on the primary prevention of venous thromboembolism (VTE) in Korea. The guidelines should be individualized and aim at patients scheduled for major surgery, as well as patients with a history of trauma, high-risk pregnancy, cancer, or other severe medical illnesses. Currently, no nation-wide data on the incidence of VTE exist, and randomized controlled trials aiming at the prevention of VTE in Korea have yielded few results. Therefore, these guidelines were based on the second edition of the Japanese Guidelines for the Prevention of VTE and the eighth edition of the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) Evidenced-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines. These guidelines establish low-, moderate-, and high-risk groups, and recommend appropriate thromboprophylaxis for each group.
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Bang et al. (2010) conducted a review in Venous thromboembolism. Thromboprophylaxis guidelines was evaluated. The Korean guidelines for the primary prevention of venous thromboembolism establish low-, moderate-, and high-risk groups and recommend appropriate thromboprophylaxis for each group.
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