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Table 1 Definition of appropriate thromboprophylaxis

From: Strategies to enhance venous thromboprophylaxis in hospitalized medical patients (SENTRY): a pilot cluster randomized trial

  

Did patient receive prophylaxis?

  

YES – pharmacologic prophylaxis

YES – mechanical prophylaxis

NO

Did the patient have thrombosis risk factors? a

YES – and bleeding risk factor b

Error of commission

Appropriate prophylaxis (appropriate receipt)

Error of omission

YES – and no bleeding risk factors

Appropriate prophylaxis (appropriate receipt)

Error of omission

Error of omission

NO

Error of commission

Error of commission

Appropriate prophylaxis

(appropriate nonreceipt)

  1. aThrombosis risk factors: congestive heart failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, interstitial lung disease, acute ischemic stroke, active cancer, sepsis, acute neurological disease, inflammatory bowel disease, prior venous thromboembolism. bBleeding risk factors: acute bleed, at risk for bleeding, recent bleed, coagulopathy, thrombocytopenia.