With the aid of an automated risk-assessment tool, the nurse case manager could reliably assess VTE risk in real time and advocate for appropriate pharmacologic prophylaxis. All patients admitted ...

Conclusion. The appointment of a nurse case manager trained in anticoagulation and the development of an automated VTE-risk-assessment tool to identify patients at high risk of VTE were associated ...

Every detail matters. In healthcare, small actions can lead to big outcomes—and sometimes, those outcomes save lives. An often-overlooked threat in outpatient care is Venous Thromboembolism (VTE), ...

When these treatments are given as a preventative measure, it is known as prophylaxis. Providing prophylaxis to people in hospital costs the NHS a lot of money. Risk-assessment tools can be used to ...

ORLANDO -- Longer hospitalization for flares of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) was linked to greater risk of subsequent venous thromboembolism (VTE) independent of other risk factors ...