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Practice Guideline
. 2015 Aug;36(8):1004-10.
doi: 10.15537/smj.2015.8.12024.

The Saudi Clinical Practice Guideline for the treatment of venous thromboembolism. Outpatient versus inpatient management

Fahad M Al-Hameed  1 , Hasan M Al-Dorzi, Abdulkarim M Al-Momen, Farjah H Algahtani, Hazzaa A Al-Zahrani, Khalid A Al-Saleh, Mohammed A Al-Sheef, Tarek M Owaidah, Waleed Alhazzani, Ignacio Neumann, Wojtek Wiercioch, Jan Brozek, Holger Schunemann, Elie A Akl
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Practice Guideline

The Saudi Clinical Practice Guideline for the treatment of venous thromboembolism. Outpatient versus inpatient management

Fahad M Al-Hameed et al. Saudi Med J. 2015 Aug.

Abstract

Venous thromboembolism (VTE) including deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE) is commonly encountered in daily clinical practice. After diagnosis, its management frequently carries significant challenges to the clinical practitioner. Treatment of VTE with the inappropriate modality and/or in the inappropriate setting may lead to serious complications and have life-threatening consequences. As a result of an initiative of the Ministry of Health of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, an expert panel led by the Saudi Association for Venous Thrombo-Embolism (a subsidiary of the Saudi Thoracic Society) and the Saudi Scientific Hematology Society with the methodological support of the McMaster University Guideline working group, this clinical practice guideline was produced to assist health care providers in VTE management. Two questions were identified and were related to the inpatient versus outpatient treatment of acute DVT, and the early versus standard discharge from hospital for patients with acute PE. The corresponding recommendations were made following the GRADE (Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development, and Evaluation) approach.

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Figure 1
The Saudi Expert Panel recommendation for question one: Should home treatment versus hospital treatment be used for patients with acute deep venous thrombosis (DVT) of the leg?
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Figure 2
The Saudi Expert Panel recommendation for question 2: Should early discharge versus standard discharge be used for patients with acute pulmonary embolism (PE)?
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