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Editorial
. 2020 Jun;8(11):725.
doi: 10.21037/atm.2020.01.68.

Interpretation of the PREVENT study findings on the adjunctive role of intermittent pneumatic compression to prevent venous thromboembolism

Stavros K Kakkos  1 , Andrew N Nicolaides  2 , Joseph A Caprini  3
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Editorial

Interpretation of the PREVENT study findings on the adjunctive role of intermittent pneumatic compression to prevent venous thromboembolism

Stavros K Kakkos et al. Ann Transl Med. 2020 Jun.
No abstract available

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of Interest: All authors have completed the ICMJE uniform disclosure form (available at http://dx.doi.org/10.21037/atm.2020.01.68). Dr. JAC reports personal fees from Recovery force, personal fees from Sanofi, personal fees from BMS, personal fees from Pfizer, personal fees from Alexion Pharmaceutics, outside the submitted work. The other authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

Comment on

  • Adjunctive Intermittent Pneumatic Compression for Venous Thromboprophylaxis.
    Arabi YM, Al-Hameed F, Burns KEA, Mehta S, Alsolamy SJ, Alshahrani MS, Mandourah Y, Almekhlafi GA, Almaani M, Al Bshabshe A, Finfer S, Arshad Z, Khalid I, Mehta Y, Gaur A, Hawa H, Buscher H, Lababidi H, Al Aithan A, Abdukahil SAI, Jose J, Afesh LY, Al-Dawood A; Saudi Critical Care Trials Group. Arabi YM, et al. N Engl J Med. 2019 Apr 4;380(14):1305-1315. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1816150. Epub 2019 Feb 18. N Engl J Med. 2019. PMID: 30779530 Clinical Trial.

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