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Comment
. 2019 Feb 26;3(4):596-598.
doi: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2018030510.

What the 2018 ASH venous thromboembolism guidelines omitted: nonadministration of pharmacologic prophylaxis in hospitalized patients

Oluwafemi P Owodunni  1 , Brandyn D Lau  2   3   4   5 , Michael B Streiff  4   6 , Peggy S Kraus  7 , Deborah B Hobson  1   8 , Dauryne L Shaffer  1   8 , Kristen L W Webster  1   4 , Mujan Varasteh Kia  1 , Christine G Holzmueller  1   4 , Elliott R Haut  1   4   5   9   10
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What the 2018 ASH venous thromboembolism guidelines omitted: nonadministration of pharmacologic prophylaxis in hospitalized patients

Oluwafemi P Owodunni et al. Blood Adv. .
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Conflict-of-interest disclosure: D.B.H. has given expert witness testimony in various medical malpractice cases. M.B.S. has received research funding from Boehringer-Ingelheim, Janssen, Portola, and Roche, consulted for Janssen and Portola, and has given expert witness testimony in various medical malpractice cases. E.R.H. is a paid consultant and speaker for the “Preventing Avoidable Venous Thromboembolism—Every Patient, Every Time” VHA/Vizient IMPERATIV Advantage Performance Improvement Collaborative. E.R.H. receives royalties from Lippincott Williams & Wilkins for a book, “Avoiding Common ICU Errors.” E.R.H. was the paid author of a paper commissioned by the National Academies of Medicine entitled “Military Trauma Care’s Learning Health System: The Importance of Data Driven Decision Making,” which was used to support the report entitled “A National Trauma Care System: Integrating Military and Civilian Trauma Systems to Achieve Zero Preventable Deaths After Injury.” The remaining authors declare no competing financial interests.

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