Semi-rigid knee splints for injury and risk of symptomatic venous thromboembolism: an exploratory retrospective analysis.
Ross HunterJamie Gray CooperAsleigh PhilipsPublished in: Emergency medicine journal : EMJ (2022)
In our cohort of patients managed in semi-rigid removable knee splints, the risk of symptomatic VTE was low, about 1 in 250, and current methods of VTE risk assessment did not prove clinically useful.
Keyphrases
- venous thromboembolism
- risk assessment
- direct oral anticoagulants
- total knee arthroplasty
- end stage renal disease
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- knee osteoarthritis
- chronic kidney disease
- prognostic factors
- peritoneal dialysis
- heavy metals
- human health
- anterior cruciate ligament
- anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction
- atrial fibrillation
- patient reported