Review
Venous thromboembolism in over 16s: Reducing the risk of hospital-acquired deep vein thrombosis or pulmonary embolism
London: National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE); 2018 Mar.
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Review
Venous thromboembolism in over 16s: Reducing the risk of hospital-acquired deep vein thrombosis or pulmonary embolism
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This guideline covers assessing and reducing the risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE or blood clots) and deep vein thrombosis (DVT) in people aged 16 and over in hospital. It aims to help healthcare professionals identify people most at risk and describes interventions that can be used to reduce the risk of VTE.
Copyright © NICE 2018.
Sections
- Guideline committee members
- Obstetric subgroup members
- Orthopaedic subgroup members
- NGC technical team members
- Co-opted expert advisers
- Peer reviewers
- Acknowledgements
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Volume 1
- 1. Guideline summary
- 2. Introduction
- 3. Development of the guideline
- 4. Methods
- 5. Risk assessment for medical, surgical and trauma patients
- 6. Reassessment of VTE and bleeding risk
- 7. Risk assessment for pregnant women and women up to 6 weeks post-pregnancy
- 8. Giving information and planning for discharge
- 9. General VTE prevention for everyone in hospital
- 10. Nursing care: Early mobilisation and hydration
- 11. Obesity
- 12. People using antiplatelet agents
- 13. People using anticoagulation therapy
- 14. People with acute coronary syndromes
- 15. Acute stroke patients
- 16. Acutely ill medical patients admitted to hospital
- 17. People with cancer who are having day procedures
- 18. Central venous catheters
- 19. People who are having palliative care
- 20. People admitted to critical care units
- 21. Pregnant women and women up to 6 weeks post-pregnancy
- 22. People with psychiatric disorders
- Reference list
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Volume 2
- 23. Anaesthesia
- 24. Lower limb immobilisation
- 25. Fragility fractures of the pelvis, hip and proximal femur
- 26. Elective hip replacement surgery
- 27. Elective knee replacement surgery
- 28. Non-arthroplasty orthopaedic knee surgery
- 29. Foot and ankle orthopaedic surgery
- 30. Upper limb orthopaedic surgery
- 31. Elective spinal surgery
- 32. Cranial surgery
- 33. Spinal injury
- 34. Major trauma
- 35. Abdominal surgery (excluding bariatric surgery)
- 36. Bariatric surgery
- 37. Cardiac surgery
- 38. Thoracic surgery
- 39. Vascular surgery
- 40. Head and neck surgery
- 41. Acronyms and abbreviations
- 42. Glossary
- Reference list
- Appendices
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