December 21, 2009Journal of Thrombosis and HaemostasisOpen Access

Comparing consensus guidelines on thromboprophylaxis in orthopedic surgery

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Population

Guidelines on the prevention of venous thromboembolism in orthopedic surgery

Design

Systematic_review

Authors

MSM. C. Struijk-MulderIsala HEHarmen B. EttemaIsala CVCees C.P.M. VerheyenIsala

Discussion

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Implication

Guideline variations complicate VTE prophylaxis choices in orthopedic surgery; challenges consensus and leaves open the preferred regimen.

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Population

Guidelines on the prevention of venous thromboembolism (VTE) in orthopedic surgery (11 national guidelines from 9 countries and 1 international guideline)

Intervention

Various antithrombotic regimens during different orthopedic surgical and plaster cast treatments

Outcome

Differences in recommended antithrombotic regimens

There is significant global variation in guideline recommendations for VTE prophylaxis in orthopedic surgery despite being based on the same literature.

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Struijk-Mulder et al. (2009) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a865e68f5121d64a72ed44c https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1538-7836.2009.03728.x

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Implication

Guideline variations complicate VTE prophylaxis choices in orthopedic surgery; challenges consensus and leaves open the preferred regimen.

Comparing consensus guidelines on thromboprophylaxis in orthopedic surgery

Discussion

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Implication

Structured PICO

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Comparing consensus guidelines on thromboprophylaxis in orthopedic surgery

Discussion

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Implication

Structured PICO

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