Venous thromboembolism risk following temporary immobilisation after injury: evaluation of the Aberdeen VTE risk tool.

Sayed Abdulmotaleb AlmoosawyAkosua Ofosu-AsieduJulie HannaBen ConlenHamish ElliottAilsa HarrisonChristopher EdmundsPoh Hong TanHenry G WatsonJamie Gray Cooper

Published in: Emergency medicine journal : EMJ (2023)

Routine use of the Aberdeen VTE tool in our population resulted in an incidence of symptomatic VTE of less than 1%. Ordinal RAMs, such as the TRiP(cast) score, may more accurately reflect VTE risk and permit more individually tailored thromboprophylaxis decisions but prospective comparison is needed.

Keyphrases

venous thromboembolism
direct oral anticoagulants
clinical practice
smoking cessation
atrial fibrillation