Recommendations 12 to 14 (moderate certainty). For DVT and/or PE provoked by a transient or chronic risk factor, as well as unprovoked DVT and/or PE, a shorter (3 to 6 months) vs longer (6 to 12 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Venous thromboembolism — which includes deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism — causes up to 100,000 ...

Annual costs of VTE in the United States are substantial and have previously been estimated to be as high as $69.3 billion. 6,7 A study by Mahan et al in 2012 was performed to assess annual US ...

December 1, 2009 (New York, New York) — Major changes in the most recent version of the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) guidelines could lead to improved outcomes for patients with ...

If the choice is made to anticoagulate patients with symptomatic isolated distal deep vein thrombosis (DVT), outcomes will be improved with 12 versus 6 weeks of treatment, the randomized, ...

In total hip or total knee arthroplasty, hypercoagulability typically begins on the operating table and a hypercoagulable state persists for up to 3 months after surgery. For that reason, it is ...

Venous thromboembolism (VTE), a term referring to blood clots in the veins, is a highly prevalent and far-reaching public health problem that can cause disability and death. Despite effective new ...

D-dimer is used in the clinical evaluation of suspected venous thromboembolism (VTE). Newer measurement methods show high sensitivity for this test, and in combination with pretest probability ...

Each year, there are approximately 10 million cases of venous thromboembolism (VTE) worldwide. VTE, the formation of blood clots in the vein, is a dangerous and potentially deadly medical condition ...

The majority of fatal cases of pulmonary embolism in hospitalized patients occur in acutely ill, medically treated patients. Current guidelines, based on a large number of prospective, randomized, ...

Examining a patient’s cardiac function. The American Society of Hematology released evidence-based guidelines for the treatment of DVT and PE in patients without cancer. Venous thromboembolism (VTE) ...

Venous thromboembolism (VTE), a term referring to blood clots in the veins, is a highly prevalent and far-reaching public health problem that can cause disability and death. Despite effective new ...