The saudi clinical practice guideline for the prophylaxis of venous thromboembolism in medical and critically ill patients
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Saudi Arabian Armed Forces Hospital
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Venous thromboembolism (VTE) acquired during hospitalization is common, yet preventable by the proper implementation of thromboprophylaxis which remains to be underutilized worldwide. As a result of an initiative by the Saudi Ministry of Health to improve medical practices in the country, an expert panel led by the Saudi Association for Venous Thrombo Embolism (SAVTE; a subsidiary of the Saudi Thoracic Society) with the methodological guidance of the McMaster University Guideline working group, produced this clinical practice guideline to assist healthcare providers in VTE prevention. The expert part panel issued ten recommendations addressing 10 prioritized questions in the following areas: thromboprophylaxis in acutely ill medical patients (Recommendations 1-5), thromboprophylaxis in critically ill medical patients (Recommendations 6-9), and thromboprophylaxis in chronically ill patients (Recommendation 10). The corresponding recommendations were generated following the GRADE (Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluation) approach. © 2016, Saudi Arabian Armed Forces Hospital. All rights reserved.
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Anticoagulants, Critical illness, Evidence-based medicine, Guideline adherence, Heparin, Humans, Risk factors, Saudi arabia, Treatment outcome, Venous thromboembolism, Low molecular weight heparin, Anticoagulant agent, Article, Bleeding, Compression stocking, Critically ill patient, Evidence based medicine, Health care personnel, Health program, Human, Intermittent pneumatic compression device, Length of stay, Lung embolism, Meta analysis (topic), Mortality, Practice guideline, Randomized controlled trial (topic), Treatment duration, Protocol compliance, Risk factor