Preventing and treating VTE in the elderly patient.
While deaths from cardiovascular disease have decreased dramatically over the past several decades, mortality and morbidity from venous thromboembolism (VTE) continues to threaten hundreds of thousands of patients in the United States each year. Because the risk of VTE increases with age, the problem will only worsen as the population ages. Raising the awareness of health care practitioners and patients about the ways to prevent and treat VTE-including the most recent changes to the guidelines issued by the American College of Chest Physicians-is critical to successfully addressing this significant public health problem.
Martin
Caren McHenry
CM
D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D010595:Pharmacists; D024382:Professional Role; D012307:Risk Factors; D054556:Venous Thromboembolism / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000628:therapy