Deep vein thrombosis in acute spinal cord injury.
METHODS
Randomized study.


OBJECTIVE
To find out the incidence of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) in acute spinal cord injury (SCI) patients with and without therapeutic prophylaxis.


METHODS
Patients admitted in the department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, SMS Medical College, Jaipur, India.


METHODS
All 297 patients received physical therapy measures and were randomly divided into two groups. 166 patients received prophylactic heparin, whereas 131 patients did not.


RESULTS
A total of three cases (1.8%) in study group and four cases (3%) in control group developed DVT. This difference was statistically insignificant (P>0.05).


CONCLUSIONS
Incidence of DVT in SCI is low in our study.
Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Rehabilitation Research Centre (RRC), SMS Medical College & Hospital, Jaipur, Rajasthan 302004, India.
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D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000008:administration & dosage; D002648:Child; D015897:Comorbidity; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D004487:Edema / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D005334:Fever / Q000453:epidemiology; D006493:Heparin / Q000008:administration & dosage; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009128:Muscle Spasticity / Q000453:epidemiology; D026741:Physical Therapy Modalities / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000098:blood supply / Q000503:physiopathology; D013119:Spinal Cord Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014680:Veins / Q000187:drug effects / Q000503:physiopathology; D020246:Venous Thrombosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy; D055815:Young Adult
D000925:Anticoagulants; D006493:Heparin