Abstract
Introduction: Venous thromboembolism prevention during critical illness is a widely-used quality metric. The purpose of this systematic review was to evaluate the the efficacy and safety of heparin thromboprophylaxis in medical-surgical patients in the intensive care unit (ICU). Hypothesis: Heparin will be effective at preventing DVT and PE in the ICU, as in other settings. LMWH will be more effective than UFH at preventing PE. Methods: We …
Authors
Lim W; Zytaruk N; Al-hazzani W; University M; Murad H; Cook D
Journal
Critical Care Medicine, Vol. 40, No. 12, pp. 1–328
Publisher
Wolters Kluwer
Publication Date
December 2012
DOI
10.1097/01.ccm.0000425123.90543.fb
ISSN
0090-3493