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Improving Practices in US Hospitals to Prevent Venous Thromboembolism: Lessons from...

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Currently there is an underuse of guideline-recommended prophylaxis in medical and surgical patients at risk for venous thromboembolism. Adoption of hostipal-wide protocols and periodic audits could improve prophylaxis processes.Abstract BackgroundVenous thromboembolism prophylaxis is suboptimal in the US despite long-standing evidence-based recommendations. The aim of this subset analysis of the Epidemiologic International Day for the Evaluation of Patients at Risk...