Improving Adherence Rate of Extended Prophylaxis for Venous Thromboembolic Disease After Abdominal and Pelvic Oncologic Surgery: A Pilot Educational Study

Conclusion:
The EIP for the surgical team significantly improved their adherence but only in the colon–rectal surgeries. The adherence to the recommended guidelines is still low. Reasons could be the subjective perception of elevated bleeding risk and the variable grade of recommendation in different guidelines.

Source: Clinical and Applied Thrombosis/Hemostasis - October 5, 2015 Category: Hematology Authors: Vazquez, F. J., Bilbao, M. S., Saimovici, J., Vaccaro, C. Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research