Are We Really Supposed to Start Giving Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis for a Month After Outpatient Surgery?

Ira L Leeds¹, Elliott R Haut^{1

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Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
² Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
³ Department of Emergency Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
⁴ The Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
⁵ Department of Health Policy and Management, The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland.

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Ira L Leeds et al. JAMA Surg. 2019.

. 2019 Dec 1;154(12):1133.

doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2019.3753.

Ira L Leeds¹, Elliott R Haut^{1

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¹ Department of Surgery, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
² Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
³ Department of Emergency Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
⁴ The Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
⁵ Department of Health Policy and Management, The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland.

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Risk of Pulmonary Embolism More Than 6 Weeks After Surgery Among Cancer-Free Middle-aged Patients.
Caron A, Depas N, Chazard E, Yelnik C, Jeanpierre E, Paris C, Beuscart JB, Ficheur G. Caron A, et al. JAMA Surg. 2019 Dec 1;154(12):1126-1132. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2019.3742. JAMA Surg. 2019. PMID: 31596449 Free PMC article.