Journal article
Consensus Statements on the Risk, Prevention, and Treatment of Venous Thromboembolism in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Canadian Association of Gastroenterology
Abstract
BACKGROUND & AIMS: Guidelines for the management of venous thromboembolism (VTE) from the American College of Chest Physicians do not address patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), a group with a high risk of both VTE and gastrointestinal bleeding. We present recommendations for the prevention and treatment of VTE in patients with IBD.
METHODS: A systematic literature search was performed to identify studies on VTE in IBD. The quality …
Authors
Nguyen GC; Bernstein CN; Bitton A; Chan AK; Griffiths AM; Leontiadis GI; Geerts W; Bressler B; Butzner JD; Carrier M
Journal
Gastroenterology, Vol. 146, No. 3, pp. 835–848.e6
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
March 2014
DOI
10.1053/j.gastro.2014.01.042
ISSN
0016-5085