Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis in Medical and Surgical ICUs in a Single University Hospital

Venous thromboembolism(VTE) is the third most common cardiovascular complication among hospitalized patients, and can even cause death. VTE often occurs in intensive care patients and there had been many efforts to prevent such complication. The American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) had published evidence-based clinical practice guideline for VTE prophylaxis.

This study focuses on how VTE prophylaxis is being performed in both medical and surgical ICUs in a single University hospital, and sees the differences in such prophylactic patterns.

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Key information

Conditions

Venous Thromboembolism Cardiovascular Diseases Embolism and Thrombosis Thromboembolism Vascular Diseases

Age range

20 year–90 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Severance Hospital, Yonsei University College of Medicine

Seoul, 120-752, South Korea

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

ICU admitted patients

Exclusion criteria

patients under 20 years old

Treatment and study plan

Primary outcomes

number of patients prescribed with any measures of VTE prophylaxis in ICU

Time frame: at the time of ICU admission an expected average of 5 months (When VTE prophylaxis for each patient is being ordered)

The object of this study is to see the percentage of ICU admitted patients prescribed with VTE prophylaxis, and analyze the adequacy of such prophylactic measure according to the international guideline. Moreover, difference between the VTE prophylaxis pattern of medical and surgical ICUs will also be seek for further analysis.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Yonsei University

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Registry information

Important dates

Study start: 2013
Primary completion: 2013
Study completion: 2014
First posted: May 10, 2013
Registry last updated: May 5, 2014

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