Is there a need for long-term thromboprophylaxis following general surgery?
Haemostasis
; 23 Suppl 1: 10-4, 1993 Mar.
Article
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-8495861
ABSTRACT
Thromboprophylaxis to surgical patients is generally accepted, and used in the perioperative period by many surgeons as effective means of reducing postoperative thromboembolic complications. Often the prophylaxis is stopped at the time of mobilization or discharge of the patient, although late thromboembolic complications after cessation of the postoperative prophylaxis are known to occur up to 7 weeks after surgery. By scrutinizing thromboprophylactic studies performed in general surgery during the last 20 years, we found the incidence of late thromboembolic complications reported to be about 1% when clinical diagnostics was applied. In studies where the patients were screened for late thromboembolic complications using paraclinical diagnostic methods the incidence is 10 times higher. The clinical relevance of these late postoperative thromboembolic complications is still uncertain, as is the value of long-term prophylaxis.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Cuidados Pós-Operatórios
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Complicações Pós-Operatórias
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Embolia Pulmonar
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Tromboflebite
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Heparina de Baixo Peso Molecular
Tipo de estudo:
Clinical_trials
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Incidence_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
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Screening_studies
Limite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Haemostasis
Ano de publicação:
1993
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Dinamarca