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The Saudi Clinical Practice Guideline for the treatment of venous thromboembolism
Outpatient versus inpatient management
Fahad M. Al-Hameed, Hasan M. Al-Dorzi, Abdulkarim M. Al-Momen, Farjah H. Algahtani, Hazzaa A. Al-Zahrani, Khalid A. Al-Saleh, Mohammed A. Al-Sheef, Tarek M. Owaidah, Waleed Alhazzani, Ignacio Neumann, Wojtek Wiercioch, Jan Brozek, Holger Schünemann and Elie A. Akl
Saudi Medical Journal August 2015, 36 (8) 1004-1010; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2015.8.12024
Fahad M. Al-Hameed
From the Intensive Care Department (Al-Hameed), College of Medicine, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, King Abdulaziz Medical City, National Guard Health Affairs, Jeddah, the Intensive Care Department (Al-Dorzi), College of Medicine, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, King Abdulaziz Medical City, National Guard Health Affairs, the Department of Hematology (Al-Momen, Algahtani, Al-Saleh), King Saud University, and the Department of Hematology (Al-Zahrani, Owaidah), King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, the Department of Medicine (Al-Sheef), King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics (Alhazzani, Neumann, Wiercioch, Brozek, Schünemann, Akl), McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada, and the Department of Internal Medicine (Akl), American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
MDHasan M. Al-Dorzi
From the Intensive Care Department (Al-Hameed), College of Medicine, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, King Abdulaziz Medical City, National Guard Health Affairs, Jeddah, the Intensive Care Department (Al-Dorzi), College of Medicine, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, King Abdulaziz Medical City, National Guard Health Affairs, the Department of Hematology (Al-Momen, Algahtani, Al-Saleh), King Saud University, and the Department of Hematology (Al-Zahrani, Owaidah), King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, the Department of Medicine (Al-Sheef), King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics (Alhazzani, Neumann, Wiercioch, Brozek, Schünemann, Akl), McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada, and the Department of Internal Medicine (Akl), American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
MDAbdulkarim M. Al-Momen
From the Intensive Care Department (Al-Hameed), College of Medicine, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, King Abdulaziz Medical City, National Guard Health Affairs, Jeddah, the Intensive Care Department (Al-Dorzi), College of Medicine, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, King Abdulaziz Medical City, National Guard Health Affairs, the Department of Hematology (Al-Momen, Algahtani, Al-Saleh), King Saud University, and the Department of Hematology (Al-Zahrani, Owaidah), King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, the Department of Medicine (Al-Sheef), King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics (Alhazzani, Neumann, Wiercioch, Brozek, Schünemann, Akl), McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada, and the Department of Internal Medicine (Akl), American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
MDFarjah H. Algahtani
From the Intensive Care Department (Al-Hameed), College of Medicine, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, King Abdulaziz Medical City, National Guard Health Affairs, Jeddah, the Intensive Care Department (Al-Dorzi), College of Medicine, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, King Abdulaziz Medical City, National Guard Health Affairs, the Department of Hematology (Al-Momen, Algahtani, Al-Saleh), King Saud University, and the Department of Hematology (Al-Zahrani, Owaidah), King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, the Department of Medicine (Al-Sheef), King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics (Alhazzani, Neumann, Wiercioch, Brozek, Schünemann, Akl), McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada, and the Department of Internal Medicine (Akl), American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
MDHazzaa A. Al-Zahrani
From the Intensive Care Department (Al-Hameed), College of Medicine, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, King Abdulaziz Medical City, National Guard Health Affairs, Jeddah, the Intensive Care Department (Al-Dorzi), College of Medicine, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, King Abdulaziz Medical City, National Guard Health Affairs, the Department of Hematology (Al-Momen, Algahtani, Al-Saleh), King Saud University, and the Department of Hematology (Al-Zahrani, Owaidah), King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, the Department of Medicine (Al-Sheef), King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics (Alhazzani, Neumann, Wiercioch, Brozek, Schünemann, Akl), McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada, and the Department of Internal Medicine (Akl), American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
MDKhalid A. Al-Saleh
From the Intensive Care Department (Al-Hameed), College of Medicine, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, King Abdulaziz Medical City, National Guard Health Affairs, Jeddah, the Intensive Care Department (Al-Dorzi), College of Medicine, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, King Abdulaziz Medical City, National Guard Health Affairs, the Department of Hematology (Al-Momen, Algahtani, Al-Saleh), King Saud University, and the Department of Hematology (Al-Zahrani, Owaidah), King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, the Department of Medicine (Al-Sheef), King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics (Alhazzani, Neumann, Wiercioch, Brozek, Schünemann, Akl), McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada, and the Department of Internal Medicine (Akl), American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
MDMohammed A. Al-Sheef
From the Intensive Care Department (Al-Hameed), College of Medicine, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, King Abdulaziz Medical City, National Guard Health Affairs, Jeddah, the Intensive Care Department (Al-Dorzi), College of Medicine, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, King Abdulaziz Medical City, National Guard Health Affairs, the Department of Hematology (Al-Momen, Algahtani, Al-Saleh), King Saud University, and the Department of Hematology (Al-Zahrani, Owaidah), King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, the Department of Medicine (Al-Sheef), King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics (Alhazzani, Neumann, Wiercioch, Brozek, Schünemann, Akl), McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada, and the Department of Internal Medicine (Akl), American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
MDTarek M. Owaidah
From the Intensive Care Department (Al-Hameed), College of Medicine, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, King Abdulaziz Medical City, National Guard Health Affairs, Jeddah, the Intensive Care Department (Al-Dorzi), College of Medicine, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, King Abdulaziz Medical City, National Guard Health Affairs, the Department of Hematology (Al-Momen, Algahtani, Al-Saleh), King Saud University, and the Department of Hematology (Al-Zahrani, Owaidah), King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, the Department of Medicine (Al-Sheef), King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics (Alhazzani, Neumann, Wiercioch, Brozek, Schünemann, Akl), McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada, and the Department of Internal Medicine (Akl), American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
MDWaleed Alhazzani
From the Intensive Care Department (Al-Hameed), College of Medicine, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, King Abdulaziz Medical City, National Guard Health Affairs, Jeddah, the Intensive Care Department (Al-Dorzi), College of Medicine, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, King Abdulaziz Medical City, National Guard Health Affairs, the Department of Hematology (Al-Momen, Algahtani, Al-Saleh), King Saud University, and the Department of Hematology (Al-Zahrani, Owaidah), King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, the Department of Medicine (Al-Sheef), King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics (Alhazzani, Neumann, Wiercioch, Brozek, Schünemann, Akl), McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada, and the Department of Internal Medicine (Akl), American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
MD, MScIgnacio Neumann
From the Intensive Care Department (Al-Hameed), College of Medicine, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, King Abdulaziz Medical City, National Guard Health Affairs, Jeddah, the Intensive Care Department (Al-Dorzi), College of Medicine, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, King Abdulaziz Medical City, National Guard Health Affairs, the Department of Hematology (Al-Momen, Algahtani, Al-Saleh), King Saud University, and the Department of Hematology (Al-Zahrani, Owaidah), King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, the Department of Medicine (Al-Sheef), King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics (Alhazzani, Neumann, Wiercioch, Brozek, Schünemann, Akl), McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada, and the Department of Internal Medicine (Akl), American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
MD, PhDWojtek Wiercioch
From the Intensive Care Department (Al-Hameed), College of Medicine, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, King Abdulaziz Medical City, National Guard Health Affairs, Jeddah, the Intensive Care Department (Al-Dorzi), College of Medicine, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, King Abdulaziz Medical City, National Guard Health Affairs, the Department of Hematology (Al-Momen, Algahtani, Al-Saleh), King Saud University, and the Department of Hematology (Al-Zahrani, Owaidah), King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, the Department of Medicine (Al-Sheef), King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics (Alhazzani, Neumann, Wiercioch, Brozek, Schünemann, Akl), McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada, and the Department of Internal Medicine (Akl), American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
MScJan Brozek
From the Intensive Care Department (Al-Hameed), College of Medicine, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, King Abdulaziz Medical City, National Guard Health Affairs, Jeddah, the Intensive Care Department (Al-Dorzi), College of Medicine, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, King Abdulaziz Medical City, National Guard Health Affairs, the Department of Hematology (Al-Momen, Algahtani, Al-Saleh), King Saud University, and the Department of Hematology (Al-Zahrani, Owaidah), King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, the Department of Medicine (Al-Sheef), King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics (Alhazzani, Neumann, Wiercioch, Brozek, Schünemann, Akl), McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada, and the Department of Internal Medicine (Akl), American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
MD, PhDHolger Schünemann
From the Intensive Care Department (Al-Hameed), College of Medicine, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, King Abdulaziz Medical City, National Guard Health Affairs, Jeddah, the Intensive Care Department (Al-Dorzi), College of Medicine, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, King Abdulaziz Medical City, National Guard Health Affairs, the Department of Hematology (Al-Momen, Algahtani, Al-Saleh), King Saud University, and the Department of Hematology (Al-Zahrani, Owaidah), King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, the Department of Medicine (Al-Sheef), King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics (Alhazzani, Neumann, Wiercioch, Brozek, Schünemann, Akl), McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada, and the Department of Internal Medicine (Akl), American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
MD, PhDElie A. Akl
From the Intensive Care Department (Al-Hameed), College of Medicine, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, King Abdulaziz Medical City, National Guard Health Affairs, Jeddah, the Intensive Care Department (Al-Dorzi), College of Medicine, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, King Abdulaziz Medical City, National Guard Health Affairs, the Department of Hematology (Al-Momen, Algahtani, Al-Saleh), King Saud University, and the Department of Hematology (Al-Zahrani, Owaidah), King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, the Department of Medicine (Al-Sheef), King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics (Alhazzani, Neumann, Wiercioch, Brozek, Schünemann, Akl), McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada, and the Department of Internal Medicine (Akl), American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
MD, PhD
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The Saudi Expert Panel recommendation for question one: Should home treatment versus hospital treatment be used for patients with acute deep venous thrombosis (DVT) of the leg?
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The Saudi Expert Panel recommendation for question 2: Should early discharge versus standard discharge be used for patients with acute pulmonary embolism (PE)?
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Fahad M. Al-Hameed, Hasan M. Al-Dorzi, Abdulkarim M. Al-Momen, Farjah H. Algahtani, Hazzaa A. Al-Zahrani, Khalid A. Al-Saleh, Mohammed A. Al-Sheef, Tarek M. Owaidah, Waleed Alhazzani, Ignacio Neumann, Wojtek Wiercioch, Jan Brozek, Holger Schünemann, Elie A. Akl
Saudi Medical Journal Aug 2015, 36 (8) 1004-1010; DOI: 10.15537/smj.2015.8.12024
The Saudi Clinical Practice Guideline for the treatment of venous thromboembolism
Fahad M. Al-Hameed, Hasan M. Al-Dorzi, Abdulkarim M. Al-Momen, Farjah H. Algahtani, Hazzaa A. Al-Zahrani, Khalid A. Al-Saleh, Mohammed A. Al-Sheef, Tarek M. Owaidah, Waleed Alhazzani, Ignacio Neumann, Wojtek Wiercioch, Jan Brozek, Holger Schünemann, Elie A. Akl
Saudi Medical Journal Aug 2015, 36 (8) 1004-1010; DOI: 10.15537/smj.2015.8.12024
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