PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Al-Hameed, Fahad M.
AU  - Al-Dorzi, Hasan M.
AU  - Abdelaal, Mohamed A.
AU  - Alaklabi, Ali
AU  - Bakhsh, Ebtisam
AU  - Alomi, Yousef A.
AU  - Baik, Mohammad Al
AU  - Aldahan, Salah
AU  - Schünemann, Holger
AU  - Brozek, Jan
AU  - Wiercioch, Wojtek
AU  - Darzi, Andrea J.
AU  - Waziry, Reem
AU  - Akl, Elie A.
TI  - The Saudi clinical practice guideline for the prophylaxis of venous thromboembolism in long-distance travelers
AID  - 10.15537/smj.2017.1.15738
DP  - 2017 Jan 01
TA  - Saudi Medical Journal
PG  - 101--107
VI  - 38
IP  - 1
4099  - http://smj.org.sa/content/38/1/101.short
4100  - http://smj.org.sa/content/38/1/101.full
SO  - Saudi Med J2017 Jan 01; 38
AB  - Venous thromboembolism (VTE), including deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE), is a preventable disease. Long distant travelers are prone to variable degree to develop VTE. However, the low risk of developing VTE among long-distance travelers and which travelers should receive VTE prophylaxis, and what prophylactic measures should be used led us to develop these guidelines. These clinical practice guidelines are the result of an initiative of the Ministry of Health of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia involving an expert panel led by the Saudi Association for Venous Thrombo Embolism (a subsidiary of the Saudi Thoracic Society). The McMaster University Guideline working group provided the methodological support. The expert panel identified 5 common questions related to the thromboprophylaxis in long-distance travelers. The corresponding recommendations were made following the Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development, and Evaluation (GRADE) approach.