DVT PROPHYLAXIS- IS IT MANDATORY FOR MAJOR GENERAL SURGICAL OPERATIONS?

Mandatory contrast-enhanced venography to detect deep-vein thrombosis (DVT) in studies of DVT prophylaxis: upsides and downsides.

The introduction of venography into patient care was a major advance because it was the first accurate method for the diagnosis of DVT. Compression ultrasound has since become the preferred test for patients with suspected DVT because, unlike venography, it is simple, non-invasive and widely available. Venography has facilitated the development and approval of new anticoagulants and remains wid...

Is DVT prophylaxis necessary for thyroidectomy and parathyroidectomy?

BACKGROUND Recent guidelines suggest pharmacologic deep vein thrombosis (DVT) prophylaxis in all patients undergoing major surgical procedures to minimize the risk of postoperative DVT and pulmonary embolism (PE). Pharmacologic DVT prophylaxis perioperatively might increase the risk of bleeding complications. Our goal was to study the risk/benefit ratio of DVT prophylaxis in patients who underg...

Creeping Mandatory Arbitration: Is It Just?

Mandatory vaccination: is it the future reality?

Is universal antifungal prophylaxis mandatory in lung transplant patients?

PURPOSE OF REVIEW Lung transplantation remains the main therapy for patients with end-stage lung disease, yet survival remains limited by infection and chronic rejection. Invasive fungal infection, especially invasive aspergillosis, continues to cause a high rate of mortality after lung transplantation, and there is evidence that fungal colonization in itself may have a negative impact as well....