Implementation of a Comprehensive Post-Discharge Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis Program for Abdominal and Pelvic Surgery Patients
Najjar PA, Madenci AL, Zogg CK, Schneider EB, Dankers CA, Pimentel MT, Chabria AS, Goldberg JE, Sharma G, Piazza G, Bleday R, Orgill DP, Kachalia A. Implementation of a Comprehensive Post-Discharge Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis Program for Abdominal and Pelvic Surgery Patients. Journal Of The American College Of Surgeons 2016, 223: 804-813. PMID: 27693288, PMCID: PMC6309555, DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2016.09.010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPost-intervention cohortPre-intervention cohortInflammatory bowel diseaseVenous thromboembolismProphylaxis programAbdominal surgeryBowel diseasePost-discharge VTE ratesVenous thromboembolism prophylaxis programBedside medication deliveryInpatient venous thromboembolismInstitutional American CollegeSymptomatic venous thromboembolismPrimary end pointMajor abdominal surgeryVTE prevention programSingle-institution retrospectiveSurgeons NSQIP datasetPost-intervention analysisProphylactic anticoagulationVTE prophylaxisVTE ratesVTE eventsNSQIP datasetRisk patients