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Review

Adult Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) Guideline [Internet]

Paul J Grant  1 , Ivan N Co  1 , Sarah Lewis  1 , Mark S Kolbe  1 , Steven L Kronick  1 , Andrea Obi  1 , William M Sherk  1 , Suman L Sood  1 , Thomas W Wakefield  1 , Minhaj S. Khaja  1 , David M Williams  1 , Robert Fontana, Jonathan W Haft, Megan Mack, Dave Wesorick, April Proudlock
Ann Arbor (MI): Michigan Medicine University of Michigan; 2024 Sep.
Michigan Medicine Clinical Care Guidelines.
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Review

Adult Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) Guideline [Internet]

Paul J Grant et al.
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Excerpt

Objective is to provide evidence-based recommendations for the diagnosis and treatment of acute VTE. This guideline covers VTE-related scenarios such as acute deep venous thromboembolism (DVT) (including clots in the proximal and distal lower extremity veins as well as upper extremity and catheter-associated DVTs) and pulmonary embolism (PE) (including incidentally discovered asymptomatic PE, massive PE, and criteria for admitting and discharging patients with acute PE. Patients with cerebral vein thromboses are not covering in this guideline.

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Conflict of interest statement

The multidisciplinary guideline development team consisted of:

  1. Internal medicine/Hospital medicine: Paul J Grant, MD and Mark S Kolbe, MD

  2. Emergency medicine: Steven L Kronick, MD

  3. Specialists: Ivan N Co, MD, Pulmonary Critical Care and Emergency medicine; Robert Fontana, MD, Hepatology; Jonathan W Haft, MD, Cardiac Surgery; Sarah Hanigan, PharmD, Pharmacy Services; Andrea Obi, MD, Vascular Surgery; Suman L Sood, MD, Hematology; Thomas W Wakefield, MD, Vascular Surgery; David M Williams, MD, Radiology, Minhaj S Khaja, MD, MBA, Radiology, William M Sherk, MD, Radiology

  4. Literature search services were provided by informationists at the Taubman Health Sciences Library, University of Michigan Medical School.

The University of Michigan Health System endorses the Guidelines of the Association of American Medical Colleges and the Standards of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education that the individuals who present educational activities disclose significant relationships with commercial companies whose products or services are discussed. Disclosure of a relationship is not intended to suggest bias in the information presented, but is made to provide readers with information that might be of potential importance to their evaluation of the information.

No relevant personal financial relationships with commercial entities: Paul J Grant, MD; Jonathan W Haft, MD; Sarah Hanigan, PharmD; Mark S Kolbe, MD; Steven L Kronick, MD; Andrea Obi, MD; Suman L Sood, MD; Thomas W Wakefield, MD; David M Williams, MD.

Relevant personal financial relationships with commercial entities: None.

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