The effect of intermittent pneumatic compression on deep-vein thrombosis and ventilation-free days in critically ill patients with heart failure

Abstract There are contradictory data regarding the effect of intermittent pneumatic compression (IPC) on the incidence of deep-vein thrombosis (DVT) and heart failure (HF) decompensation in critically ill patients. This study evaluated the effect of adjunctive use of IPC on the rate of incident DVT...

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Main Authors: Hasan M. Al-Dorzi, Abdulaziz Al-Dawood, Fahad M. Al-Hameed, Karen E. A. Burns, Sangeeta Mehta, Jesna Jose, Sami Alsolamy, Sheryl Ann I. Abdukahil, Lara Y. Afesh, Mohammed S. Alshahrani, Yasser Mandourah, Ghaleb A. Almekhlafi, Mohammed Almaani, Ali Al Bshabshe, Simon Finfer, Zia Arshad, Imran Khalid, Yatin Mehta, Atul Gaur, Hassan Hawa, Hergen Buscher, Hani Lababidi, Abdulsalam Al Aithan, Yaseen M. Arabi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-05-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-12336-9