Thomas DeLoughrey: Venous Thromboembolic Disease prophylaxis and Treatment
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Show Notes
This talk reviews both the prevention of VTE and its treatment. Thrombotic risk assessment of patients are reviewed then appropriate methods of thrombosis prevention are recommended. Options and dosing of anticoagulation is discussed with a focus on the direct oral anticoagulants. Various treatment choices are next reviewed ranging from bed-rest to thrombolytic therapy. Finally there is a discussion of how to decide duration of therapy.
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