Wednesday, January 05, 2005

Prevention of Venous Thromboembolism Among Hospitalized Medical Patients

Prevention of Venous Thromboembolism Among Hospitalized Medical Patients -- Goldhaber and Turpie 111 (1): e1 -- Circulation
Despite multiple educational initiatives for healthcare providers, venous thromboembolism prophylaxis remains underused.12 Often, ineffective preventive regimens are prescribed. Some clinicians continue to perceive pharmacological prophylaxis as excessively risky because of the possibility of bleeding complications. Others find established guidelines to be too cumbersome for practical everyday use. A minority believe that small asymptomatic DVT is simply not worth the effort to prevent because these tiny thrombi cannot directly cause clinically significant pulmonary embolism.

Artigo de revisão a partir de um caso clínico de Trombose venosa profunda.

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