‘Door-to-prophylaxis’ as a novel quality improvement metric in prevention of venous thromboembolism following traumatic injury

‘Door-to-prophylaxis’ as a novel quality improvement metric in prevention of venous thromboembolism following traumatic injury

Objective Venous thromboembolism (VTE) risk reduction strategies include early initiation of chemoprophylaxis, reducing missed doses, weight-based dosing and dose adjustment using anti-Xa levels. We hypothesized that time to initiation of chemoprophylaxis would be the strongest modifiable risk for V...

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Main Authors: Bryan A Cotton, Thaddeus J Puzio, Jan-Michael Van Gent, Mariela Sandoval, Thomas W Clements, David E Lubkin, Carter W Kaminski, Jonathan K Bates
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2024-04-01
Series:Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open
Online Access:https://tsaco.bmj.com/content/9/1/e001297.full

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