Researchers sought to determine risk of venous thromboembolism, based on SAVED and IMPEDE VTE scores, in patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma.

Hospital-acquired venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a leading cause of preventable death in hospitalised patients and its prevention with pharmacological prophylaxis has been rated a top patient safety ...

As venous thromboembolism (VTE) became an increasingly recognized cause of death in hospitalized patients, prevention became a high priority for the health care system. 1,2 Starting in 2005, the Joint ...

BACKGROUD: Venous thromboembolism (VTE) including DVT and pulmonary embolism (PE) can be a devastating complication in postoperative patients which is also considered the most likely to be prevented.

MONDAY, Oct. 3, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- An electronic alert-triggered, patient-centered education bundle intervention or a nurse feedback intervention can improve administration of venous ...

Nurse leaders in the nurse feedback arm received monthly scorecards detailing VTE prophylaxis administration practices by individual nurse. Credit: Journal of the American Heart Association (2022 ...

Reasons for nonadministration of prescribed pharmacologic VTE prophylaxis have been attributed to nurse attitudes, knowledge, and beliefs on the need for prophylaxis, 14 and patients refusing doses.

For the first intervention, nurses provided patients with an educational bundle — comprised of personalized discussion, an educational handout (available in several languages) and a 10-minute video — ...

NICE's guideline on venous thromboembolism in over 16s, sections 1.4 to 1.15, should be referred to for population-specific recommendations on different timings and types of pharmacological VTE ...

Objective To explore the current practice of venous thromboembolism (VTE) prevention in acute trusts. Design A qualitative research design was used to explore the perceived current practice of ...