VTE risk assessment inhospitalized patients of medical unit - a cross-sectional study
M. Irfan Khan, Sadiq Hussain, M. Akram, Umair Arif, Suhail Iqbal Malik, Anwaar-ul-Hassan, Nouman Nazeer
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ABSTRACT
Aim: To find out how many medical patients are being risk assessed for VTE development in hospital and what proportion of these patient received Thromboprophylaxis (TP) who were found to be at higher risk of developing VTE.
Study design: This single center cross-sectional study
Place and duration of study: Bahawal Victoria Hospital in September 2020
Methods & Results: Eleven hundred and twenty four patients were included. Risk assessment was done in 22.9% cases. TP was given to 15.6% patients. RA showed 22% patients are high risk of VTE and out of these 12.9% received TP.
Conclusion: A national effort in streamlining the entire procedure from admission to discharge along with development and implementation of RA tool followed by prescription of TP in high risk patients is the way forward for prevention of hospital acquired thrombosis.
Keywords: Hospital acquired thrombosis, venous thromboembolism, DVT, pulmonary embolism,