Challenging the evidence for graduated compression stockings

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 11 Jun 2013 English Publisher:BMJJournal:BMJ, volume 346, pages f3653-f3653 (eissn: 1756-1833,

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Authors: Laurence, Whittaker; Trevor, Baglin; Alain, Vuylsteke;

doi: 10.1136/bmj.f3653

pmid: 23757738

Challenging the evidence for graduated compression stockings

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Abstract

Welfare highlights important points surrounding the recommended use of anticoagulants to prevent venous thromboembolism (VTE).1 We highlight problems surrounding National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) recommendations that all hospital inpatients, excluding those with stroke, are considered for mechanical prophylaxis. This is most commonly translated as graduated compression stockings.2 These recommendations were based on a Cochrane review3 and a trial in patients …

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Keywords

Evidence-Based Medicine, Thromboembolism, Humans

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