Search results for "Thromboprophylaxis"
In the News
Quality of health care affected by race and geography.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2008/08/itn.htm
15 Aug 2008
Inpatient mortality from major bleeds lower in patients on DOACs than warfarin
Intracranial hemorrhages, especially subdural hematomas, comprised a higher proportion of major bleeding in patients on warfarin, while those on direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) had a higher proportion of gastrointestinal bleeds.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/03/08/4.htm
8 Mar 2017
Recent Research
Hospitalist care and post-discharge costs, very elderly patients and vitamin K thromboprophylaxis, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2012/01/rr.htm
15 Jan 2012
Septic ICU patients had high rate of VTE despite prophylaxis
More than a third of ICU patients with severe sepsis or septic shock had a venous thromboembolism (VTE) despite receiving recommended thromboprophylaxis, a recent study found.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2015/07/01/1.htm
1 Jul 2015
Enoxaparin and dalteparin similarly effective for VTE prophylaxis in trauma patients
In a U.S. hospital, the low-molecular-weight heparin on the formulary was switched from enoxaparin to dalteparin and then back to enoxaparin, and venous thromboembolism (VTE) rates were compared under these policies.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2017/08/30/1.htm
30 Aug 2017
MI performance measures, health literacy and LOS, and more
Summaries from ACP Hospitalist Weekly.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2018/02/recent-research.htm
15 Feb 2018
Journal watch: Recent studies of note
Recent studies about warfarin use during chemotherapy, C. glabrata bloodstream infection, and other topics.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2009/05/research.htm
15 May 2009
Apixaban not superior to enoxaparin
In a trial of thromboprophylaxis in medical inpatients, use of apixaban resulted in only slightly lower rates of thrombosis, and more bleeding, than enoxaparin.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2011/11/23/4.htm
23 Nov 2011
Recent Research
Post-stroke depression risk, side effects from statins, and more.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/archives/2013/10/rr.htm
15 Oct 2013
Aspirin noninferior to dalteparin for VTE prophylaxis following hip replacement
Aspirin therapy for 28 days may be a reasonable alternative to low-molecular-weight heparin (LMWH) for extended venous thromboembolism (VTE) prophylaxis among hip replacement patients who have already received LMWH for 10 days.
https://acphospitalist.acponline.org/weekly/archives/2013/06/05/2.htm
5 Jun 2013