The majority of hospitalised patients are at risk of venous thrombosis and one in ten hospital
deaths are due to pulmonary embolism. A report from the House of Commons Health …

Venous thromboembolism in adults is related to recent hospitalisation in approximately half
of all cases and approximately half of all hospitalised adult patients are considered to be at …

Of an estimated 25 000 deaths in England each year attributable to hospital acquired
venous thromboemobolism (VTE), many are potentially preventable. 1 2 Despite the …

Hospital‐acquired venous thromboembolism (VTE) remains the number one safety issue in
hospitals and is estimated to cause more preventable deaths than the more publicized …

VTE prophylaxis is effective and safe, but grossly underused in Australian hospitals n this
issue of the Journal, Ho and colleagues ( page 144) report their findings from a Perth …

SUMMARY A national Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) Prevention Programme was
introduced in England in 2010, with limited subsequent study of its impact. Whilst the …

We prospectively assessed the implementation of venous thromboembolism (VTE)
prophylaxis guidelines and the impact of grand round presentation of the data in changing …

Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a term used to include the formation of a blood clot (a
thrombus) in a vein which may dislodge from its site of origin to travel in the blood, a …

ENDORSE (Epidemiologic International Day for the Evaluation of Patients at Risk for
Venous Thromboembolism in the Acute Hospital Care Setting), is a multinational, cross …

Introduction Thromboprophylaxis is highly effective, safe and cost-effective. However, data
from international studies have shown that many at-risk hospitalised patients do not receive …