Inaccuracy of Initial Clinical Mobility Assessment in Venous Thromboembolism Risk Stratification.
Erik H HoyerAditya BhaveWingel XueElliott R HautBrandyn D LauPeggy KrausAlison E TurnbullDauryne ShafferLisa Aronson FriedmanDaniel YoungDaniel J BrotmanMichael B StreiffPublished in: The American journal of medicine (2024)
Initial mobility evaluations by admitting health care professionals during venous thromboembolism risk assessment may not reflect patient mobility over their hospital stay. This highlights the need for objective measures like JH-HLM in risk assessments to improve accuracy and potentially reduce thromboembolism incidents.