Medicina intensiva
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Multicenter Study Comparative Study
Prevention of venous thromboembolic disease in the critical patient: An assessment of clinical practice in the Community of Madrid.
To analyze measures referred to venous thromboembolic prophylaxis in critically ill patients. ⋯ Pharmacological prophylaxis with low molecular weight heparin was the most frequently used venous thromboembolic prophylactic measure. In patients with contraindications to pharmacological prophylaxis, mechanical measures were little used. The use of combined prophylaxis was anecdotal. Many of our ICUs lack specific prophylaxis protocols.