title: Venous thromboembolism prophylactic methods in acute stroke patients - current state of knowledge.
abstract: Deep venous thrombosis (DVT) and its sequel, pulmo-nary em-bolism (PE), are serious complications of stroke. There are pharmacological and physical methods to prevent these complications. The authors review the lite-rature and present the current state of knowledge re-garding the effectiveness of each of the DVT and PE prevention methods in stroke patients and cite current Polish, European and American recommendations re-garding this issue. Heparins are the method of choice for the prevention of venous thromboembolism in both ischaemic and haemorrhagic stroke patients.
authors.affiliation: Jan Bembenek, 2nd Department of Neurology, Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology, 9 Sobieskiego St, 02-957 Warsaw, phone: +48 22 4582872, fax: +48 22 8424023, e-mail: jbembenek@o2.pl.
authors.forename: Jan Paweł
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Bembenek
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Członkowska
mesh_terms: D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000008:administration & dosage; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D048228:Intermittent Pneumatic Compression Devices; D007866:Leg / Q000098:blood supply; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D020521:Stroke / Q000150:complications*; D000071939:Stroke Rehabilitation; D054556:Venous Thromboembolism / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D020246:Venous Thrombosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*
chemical_list: D000925:Anticoagulants