title: The Saudi Clinical Practice Guideline for the treatment of venous thromboembolism. Outpatient versus inpatient management.
abstract: Venous thromboembolism (VTE) including deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE) is commonly encountered in daily clinical practice. After diagnosis, its management frequently carries significant challenges to the clinical practitioner. Treatment of VTE with the inappropriate modality and/or in the inappropriate setting may lead to serious complications and have life-threatening consequences. As a result of an initiative of the Ministry of Health of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, an expert panel led by the Saudi Association for Venous Thrombo-Embolism (a subsidiary of the Saudi Thoracic Society) and the Saudi Scientific Hematology Society with the methodological support of the McMaster University Guideline working group, this clinical practice guideline was produced to assist health care providers in VTE management. Two questions were identified and were related to the inpatient versus outpatient treatment of acute DVT, and the early versus standard discharge from hospital for patients with acute PE. The corresponding recommendations were made following the GRADE (Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development, and Evaluation) approach.
authors.affiliation: College of Medicine, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, King Abdulaziz Medical City, National Guard Health Affairs, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. E-mail. fahadalhameed@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Fahad M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Al-Hameed
authors.forename: Hasan M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Al-Dorzi
authors.forename: Abdulkarim M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Al-Momen
authors.forename: Farjah H
authors.initials: FH
authors.lastname: Algahtani
authors.forename: Hazzaa A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Al-Zahrani
authors.forename: Khalid A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Al-Saleh
authors.forename: Mohammed A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Al-Sheef
authors.forename: Tarek M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Owaidah
authors.forename: Waleed
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Alhazzani
authors.forename: Ignacio
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Neumann
authors.forename: Wojtek
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wiercioch
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Brozek
authors.forename: Holger
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Schunemann
authors.forename: Elie A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Akl
mesh_terms: D000553:Ambulatory Care; D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D012307:Risk Factors; D012529:Saudi Arabia; D054556:Venous Thromboembolism / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000628:therapy*
chemical_list: D000925:Anticoagulants