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Venous thromboembolism prophylaxis in pregnancy: Are we adequately identifying and managing risks?
Pregnancy is a well‐known risk factor of venous thromboembolism. We retrospectively reviewed case histories of 82 pregnant women who developed symptoms of venous pathology, thrombophlebitis, deep vein thrombosis (DVT) or pulmonary embolus (PE) while receiving care at our hospital. We found the VTE r...
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2022
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10084117/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35781639 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ajo.13579 |
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description | Pregnancy is a well‐known risk factor of venous thromboembolism. We retrospectively reviewed case histories of 82 pregnant women who developed symptoms of venous pathology, thrombophlebitis, deep vein thrombosis (DVT) or pulmonary embolus (PE) while receiving care at our hospital. We found the VTE risk identification and documentation during their pregnancies were deficient resulting in the omission of appropriate thromboprophylaxis. Many confirmed VTE cases (antenatally or postpartum) were not on thromboprophylaxis prior to diagnosis despite having multiple risk factors. We recommend the use of a risk assessment tool by clinicians for accurate risk identification ensuring proper risk management at different stages of pregnancy. |
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spelling | pubmed-100841172023-04-11 Venous thromboembolism prophylaxis in pregnancy: Are we adequately identifying and managing risks? Choy, Kay Rui Emmett, Shannon Wong, Audris Aust N Z J Obstet Gynaecol Short Communications Pregnancy is a well‐known risk factor of venous thromboembolism. We retrospectively reviewed case histories of 82 pregnant women who developed symptoms of venous pathology, thrombophlebitis, deep vein thrombosis (DVT) or pulmonary embolus (PE) while receiving care at our hospital. We found the VTE risk identification and documentation during their pregnancies were deficient resulting in the omission of appropriate thromboprophylaxis. Many confirmed VTE cases (antenatally or postpartum) were not on thromboprophylaxis prior to diagnosis despite having multiple risk factors. We recommend the use of a risk assessment tool by clinicians for accurate risk identification ensuring proper risk management at different stages of pregnancy. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2022-07-04 2022-12 /pmc/articles/PMC10084117/ /pubmed/35781639 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ajo.13579 Text en © 2022 The Authors. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology published by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd on behalf of Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made. |
spellingShingle | Short Communications Choy, Kay Rui Emmett, Shannon Wong, Audris Venous thromboembolism prophylaxis in pregnancy: Are we adequately identifying and managing risks? |
title | Venous thromboembolism prophylaxis in pregnancy: Are we adequately identifying and managing risks? |
title_full | Venous thromboembolism prophylaxis in pregnancy: Are we adequately identifying and managing risks? |
title_fullStr | Venous thromboembolism prophylaxis in pregnancy: Are we adequately identifying and managing risks? |
title_full_unstemmed | Venous thromboembolism prophylaxis in pregnancy: Are we adequately identifying and managing risks? |
title_short | Venous thromboembolism prophylaxis in pregnancy: Are we adequately identifying and managing risks? |
title_sort | venous thromboembolism prophylaxis in pregnancy: are we adequately identifying and managing risks? |
topic | Short Communications |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10084117/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35781639 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ajo.13579 |
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