title: [Venous thromboembolism prevention in non-surgical adult patients admitted in a general hospital].
abstract: Adult patients hospitalized for a non-surgical condition, usually have a high risk of venous thromboembolism and may develop some form of this disease when they do not receive appropriate preventive treatment. The objectives of this prospective, analytical, observational and cross-sectional study were: 1) to determine what percentage of adult patients hospitalized for a non-surgical acute condition at the Hospital de Clínicas José de San Martín, Universidad de Buenos Aires, had indication for preventive thromboprophylaxis, 2) to establish how many of them had been prescribed a preventive treatment of venous thromboembolism, 3) to establish how many of them had been prescribed a preventive treatment of venous thromboembolism without having reasons to justify the treatment. The study was performed on 93 patients for 72 consecutive hours. It resulted in 90.3% in need of preventive treatment for venous thromboembolism and 76.2% of these patients had received pharmacological thromboprophylaxis. A 33.3% of the studied patients had received preventive pharmacological treatment without having a proper indication. In this study, the percentage of patients treated is higher than in those reported in other published observational studies.
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Internación del Departamento de Medicina, Hospital de Clínicas José de San Martín, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina. sala2primeracatedra@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Marcelo J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Melero
authors.forename: Vanina L
authors.initials: VL
authors.lastname: Pagotto
authors.forename: Juan A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Mazzei
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006495:Heparin, Low-Molecular-Weight / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006769:Hospitals, General; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D054556:Venous Thromboembolism / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D000925:Anticoagulants; D006495:Heparin, Low-Molecular-Weight