Meeting
Abstract Number: 144
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Background: Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a serious and all too frequent hospital complication, therefore assessing each patient’s individual risk of VTE is an important part of their care. Multiple models are available for risk assessment, however most not only include multiple data points requiring redundant entry, but can be labor intensive and time-consuming to complete on […]
Abstract Number: 204
Hospital Medicine 2020, Virtual Competition
Background: Risk assessment for venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a part of every hospital admission. The workflow of who completes the assessment varies between hospitals, but often it is carried out by trainees. VTE risk assessment is further complicated by the variety of methods to identify those patients who are appropriate for chemoprophylaxis, mechanical prophylaxis, or […]
Abstract Number: 215
Hospital Medicine 2016, March 6-9, San Diego, Calif.
Background: It is widely accepted that hospitalized patients warrant risk assessment for venous thromboembolism (VTE) upon hospital admission. Although many VTE risk assessment models include a patient mobility element for calculating risk, a standardized method of determining mobility is lacking. We sought to determine if physician assessment of anticipated patient mobility upon hospital admission using […]