Conclusion In hospitalized patients with cirrhosis who have elevated INR values, pharmacologic VTE prophylaxis should be strongly considered if there is no active or recent bleeding and if more ...
no recommendation can be made at this time for extended VTE prophylaxis following hospitalization for an IBD flare," the authors concluded. "However, patients with these risk factors should be ...
Although VTE prophylaxis was provided in some of the evaluated cases, the study was not designed to ascertain the effects of prophylaxis on the risk of VTE. In 2008, Gulley and associates [5 ...