RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 The Saudi Clinical Practice Guideline for the treatment of venous thromboembolism
JF Saudi Medical Journal
JO Saudi Med J
FD Prince Sultan Military Medical City
SP 1004
OP 1010
DO 10.15537/smj.2015.8.12024
VO 36
IS 8
A1 Al-Hameed, Fahad M.
A1 Al-Dorzi, Hasan M.
A1 Al-Momen, Abdulkarim M.
A1 Algahtani, Farjah H.
A1 Al-Zahrani, Hazzaa A.
A1 Al-Saleh, Khalid A.
A1 Al-Sheef, Mohammed A.
A1 Owaidah, Tarek M.
A1 Alhazzani, Waleed
A1 Neumann, Ignacio
A1 Wiercioch, Wojtek
A1 Brozek, Jan
A1 Schünemann, Holger
A1 Akl, Elie A.
YR 2015
UL http://smj.org.sa/content/36/8/1004.abstract
AB Venous thromboembolism (VTE) including deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE) is commonly encountered in daily clinical practice. After diagnosis, its management frequently carries significant challenges to the clinical practitioner. Treatment of VTE with the inappropriate modality and/or in the inappropriate setting may lead to serious complications and have life-threatening consequences. As a result of an initiative of the Ministry of Health of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, an expert panel led by the Saudi Association for Venous Thrombo-Embolism (a subsidiary of the Saudi Thoracic Society) and the Saudi Scientific Hematology Society with the methodological support of the McMaster University Guideline working group, this clinical practice guideline was produced to assist health care providers in VTE management. Two questions were identified and were related to the inpatient versus outpatient treatment of acute DVT, and the early versus standard discharge from hospital for patients with acute PE. The corresponding recommendations were made following the GRADE (Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development, and Evaluation) approach.