RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 The Saudi clinical practice guideline for the prophylaxis of venous thromboembolism in medical and critically ill patients
JF Saudi Medical Journal
JO Saudi Med J
FD Prince Sultan Military Medical City
SP 1279
OP 1293
DO 10.15537/smj.2016.11.15268
VO 37
IS 11
A1 Fahad M. Al-Hameed
A1 Hasan M. Al-Dorzi
A1 Mohamed A. Abdelaal
A1 Ali Alaklabi
A1 Ebtisam Bakhsh
A1 Yousef A. Alomi
A1 Mohammad Al Baik
A1 Salah Aldahan
A1 Holger Schünemann
A1 Jan Brozek
A1 Wojtek Wiercioch
A1 Andrea J. Darzi
A1 Reem Waziry
A1 Elie A. Akl
YR 2016
UL http://smj.org.sa/content/37/11/1279.abstract
AB Venous thromboembolism (VTE) acquired during hospitalization is common, yet preventable by the proper implementation of thromboprophylaxis which remains to be underutilized worldwide. As a result of an initiative by the Saudi Ministry of Health to improve medical practices in the country, an expert panel led by the Saudi Association for Venous Thrombo Embolism (SAVTE; a subsidiary of the Saudi Thoracic Society) with the methodological guidance of the McMaster University Guideline working group, produced this clinical practice guideline to assist healthcare providers in VTE prevention. The expert part panel issued ten recommendations addressing 10 prioritized questions in the following areas: thromboprophylaxis in acutely ill medical patients (Recommendations 1-5), thromboprophylaxis in critically ill medical patients (Recommendations 6-9), and thromboprophylaxis in chronically ill patients (Recommendation 10). The corresponding recommendations were generated following the GRADE (Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluation) approach.