Overuse and underuse of thromboprophylaxis in medical inpatients.

Barbara KocherPauline Darbellay FarhoumandDamiana PulverBasil KoppDamien ChoffatTobias TritschlerPeter VollenweiderJean-Luc RenyNicolas RodondiDrahomir AujeskyMarie MéanChristine Baumgartner

Published in: Research and practice in thrombosis and haemostasis (2023)

The proportion of medical inpatients considered as high or low VTE risk varied widely according to different RAMs. Only half of patients were consistently categorized in the same risk group by all RAMs. While TPX remains underused in high-risk patients, overuse in low-risk patients is even more pronounced.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
peritoneal dialysis
healthcare
prognostic factors
venous thromboembolism