Venous thromboembolism events after thoracic surgery: global steps toward prevention

Prevention of venous thromboembolism after injury.

Authors' objectives The aims of this report are to evaluate the existing literature, summarize the evidence, and perform meta-analysis and cost-effectiveness analysis on data relevant to prevention of venous thromboembolism after injury. Venous thromboembolism occurs frequently after trauma and causes significant mortality and long-term disability. At the same time, methods to prevent and diagn...

Factors predicting venous thromboembolism after spine surgery

BACKGROUND A meta-analysis was performed to explore predicted factors of venous thromboembolism (VTE) after surgery in the treatment for spine degeneration diseases. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA Many scholars have focused on VTE after spine surgery, but as for the risk factors of VTE have not reached a consensus. METHODS An extensive search of literature, "spine or spinal," "degeneration," "a...

Prevalence of venous thromboembolism in elective thoracic surgery.

INTRODUCTION The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of venous thromboembolism (VTE) after elective thoracic surgery in patients receiving antithrombotic prophylaxis, and to evaluate the risk of pulmonary embolism (PE) after lung resection. PATIENTS AND METHOD A descriptive, cross-sectional, retrospective study was designed. A total of 6004 patients were included. All patients u...

Prevention of venous thromboembolism.

Venous thromboembolism is the most common cause of preventable death among hospitalised patients. Systematic prophylaxis with antithrombotic agents in patients at risk for venous thromboembolism is the most effective approach to reduce morbidity and mortality. Despite this evidence, antithrombotic prophylaxis is still underused, due to the underestimation of incidence of venous thromboembolism ...

Prevention of Venous Thromboembolism