Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Until recently, orthopedic surgeons lacked specialty-specific recommendations for preventing venous ...

New evidence-based guidelines from the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) recommend considering individual patients' risk of thrombosis when deciding for or against the use of preventive ...

Most practicing orthopaedic surgeons currently use a pharmacologic agent as a means of prophylaxis for deep venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism following total hip arthroplasty, total knee ...

Venous thromboembolism is a frequent complication of total hip or total knee arthroplasty, with serious clinical and economic consequences. It is largely preventable with adherence to evidence-based ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The 1986 National Institutes of Health consensus conference Prevention of Venous Thrombosis and Pulmonary ...

VTE is a common complication post-arthroplasty, with significant morbidity, mortality, and healthcare costs, despite available thromboprophylaxis guidelines. The aging and obese population will ...

Medical Compression Systems, Inc. (MCS), today announced new data further validating the use of the ActiveCare ® DVT prophylaxis compression system following total joint replacement procedures. The ...

Another key difference between the 2 documents in the past had been the concern of surgical wound complications, bleeding complications, and other adverse events potentiated by chemoprophylaxis. The ...

Missed doses of prophylactic anticoagulation account for much of the deep vein thrombosis (DVT) that occurs in surgery and trauma patients, a study showed. Among 202 such patients admitted to a level ...