Venous thromboembolic prophylaxis: current practice of surgeons in Australia and New Zealand for major abdominal surgery

BACKGROUND: Surgical prophylaxis for venous thrombo-embolic disease (VTE) includes risk assessment, chemical prophylaxis and mechanical prophylaxis (graduated compression stockings [GCS] and/or intermittent pneumatic compression devices [IPCD]). Although there is overwhelming evidence for the need a...

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Autores principales: Lott, Natalie, Senanayake, Tharindu, Carroll, Rosemary, Gani, Jon, Smith, Stephen R
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10474754/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37658331
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12893-023-02135-y