Omitting heparin prophylaxis in first 24 ICU hours associated with higher mortality (CHEST)
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As you know, the risk for DVT and PE in the ICU are high. How high? Depends on how you count them. Asymptomatic, ultrasound-surveillance-detected DVTs have an incidence of 5-10% during the ICU stay (from the PROTECT trial and a 2005 series), even when patients receive proper thromboprophylaxis.
Omitting heparin prophylaxis in first 24 ICU hours associated with higher mortality (CHEST)
Omitting heparin prophylaxis in first 24 ICU…
Omitting heparin prophylaxis in first 24 ICU hours associated with higher mortality (CHEST)
As you know, the risk for DVT and PE in the ICU are high. How high? Depends on how you count them. Asymptomatic, ultrasound-surveillance-detected DVTs have an incidence of 5-10% during the ICU stay (from the PROTECT trial and a 2005 series), even when patients receive proper thromboprophylaxis.