Journal of thrombosis and thrombolysis
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J. Thromb. Thrombolysis · Apr 2008
Frequency of thromboprophylaxis and incidence of in-hospital venous thromboembolism in a cohort of emergency department patients.
Prior work suggests that in-hospital pulmonary and venous thromboembolism (VTE) could be decreased if the rate of prophylaxis for VTE in high-risk patients were increased at the time of admission. Our objective was to quantify the rate of thromboprophylaxis and incidence of in-hospital VTE, based upon risk of VTE, in a cohort of patients admitted through the emergency department (ED). ⋯ These data suggest only a modest opportunity for ED-based policy for thromboprophylaxis in admitted medical patients.