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Publication Date

12-13-2024

Description

This poster highlights current and updated guidelines for chemical and mechanical prophylaxis for venous thromboembolism in patients undergoing major and minor orthopedic surgery. Existing and new potential therapies were reviewed, as well as an analysis into the lack of high-quality risk-prediction score calculators to improve personalization of prophylaxis regimens. Alongside a summary of existing and potential new prophylaxis protocols, a call to action to improve validity of said risk score calculators so as to improve patient outcomes and personalized medicine is made.

Disciplines

Cardiology | Cardiovascular Diseases | Cardiovascular System | Circulatory and Respiratory Physiology | Hematology | Orthopedics | Quality Improvement | Surgery | Surgical Procedures, Operative | Therapeutics

Document Type

Poster

Event Website

https://doi.org/10.4081/btvb.2024.131

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Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis in Orthopedic Surgery: A Narrative Review

This poster highlights current and updated guidelines for chemical and mechanical prophylaxis for venous thromboembolism in patients undergoing major and minor orthopedic surgery. Existing and new potential therapies were reviewed, as well as an analysis into the lack of high-quality risk-prediction score calculators to improve personalization of prophylaxis regimens. Alongside a summary of existing and potential new prophylaxis protocols, a call to action to improve validity of said risk score calculators so as to improve patient outcomes and personalized medicine is made.

https://ecommons.roseman.edu/researchsymposium/2025/clinical/52