Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . While I am a firm believer that aspirin is effective for the majority of our patients as a form of DVT and ...

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 ...

Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2006;63(24):2448-2450. Q: It has become very common to use expensive low-molecular-weight heparins (LMWHs) for prophylaxis of deep venous thrombosis (DVT) in hospitalized ...

Venous thromboembolism, though rare in the community, is a major cause of death among hospitalized patients. It is estimated to cause 100,000 deaths per year and to contribute to mortality in another ...

For patients with a variety of traumatic bone fractures, plain old oral aspirin provided just as good thromboprophylaxis as traditional low-molecular-weight heparin (LMWH) injections in the large ...

Impact of Venous Thromboembolism and Anticoagulation on Cancer and Cancer Survival For more than 50 years, heparin and vitamin K antagonists (VKAs) have been the anticoagulant drugs used to prevent ...

Objective: To compare the cost effectiveness of prophylaxiswith a low-molecular-weight heparin with that of prophylaxis withunfractionated heparin for the prevention of venous thromboembolismin ...

Mechanical or pharmacologic methods are available for prevention (prophylaxis) of DVT. The use of sequential compression devices (Compression stockings) is the most common method of prophylaxis. A ...

-- EXCLAIM is the First International Study to Show That Extended Thromboprophylaxis Reduces VTE Risk in Acutely-ill Medical Patients With a Statistically Significant 44% Sanofi-aventis announced ...