The Caprini venous thromboembolism risk assessment model is valid and can be used to determine the potential for venous thromboembolism in patients who are critically ill after surgery, according to ...

Significant predictors of VTE were APACHE II score, previous immobilization, femoral central venous catheter, and invasive mechanical ventilation. Common risk assessment models for predicting venous ...

Preventing venous thromboembolism (VTE) in hospitalized patients requires better risk assessment, increased awareness of the problem, and standardized tracking of patients at a national level, ...

In the randomized, placebo-controlled EXCLAIM trial, Russell Hull and colleagues evaluated the efficacy and safety of extended-duration enoxaparin (low-molecular-weight heparin). A large proportion of ...

“Assessment of VTE risk is currently recommended before initiation of chemotherapy. To date, the best validated cancer-associated thrombosis prediction score is the Khorana Risk Score,” Aaron ...

In a head-to-head comparison study, the researchers described the discriminative performance of all RAMs as “poor.” Validated risk assessment models (RAMs) for venous thromboembolism (VTE) among ...

The time allocated for pregnancy and postnatal blood clot risk assessments is “not enough”, a patient safety body has warned in a new report. Risk assessments needed to be simpler and staff given more ...

The Department of Health has published a thromboembolism risk assessment strategy, recommended for use with all patients on admission to hospital. Nerys Hairon reports The Department of Health has ...

We will not update the NICE guideline on venous thromboembolism in over 16s. However, in response to the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch (HSIB) safety observation that the Department of Health ...

The current system for pregnancy and postnatal blood clot risk assessments is inadequate and could place pregnant women/people at risk of needing follow-on treatment or potentially fatal outcomes, a ...

Venous thromboembolism (VTE) remains a significant cause of morbidity and mortality among hospitalised medical patients. Ongoing efforts to refine risk assessment and optimise prophylactic strategies ...

We will not update the NICE guideline on venous thromboembolism in over 16s. However, in response to the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch (HSIB) safety observation that the Department of Health ...