Improving rates of intermittent pneumatic compression therapy utilization

• Published in: Hospital practice (1995) Vol. 41; no. 3; p. 40
• Main Authors: Gardiner, D A, Kelly, B
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England 01.08.2013
• Subjects: Anticoagulants - administration & dosage; Combined Modality Therapy; Female; Humans; Intermittent Pneumatic Compression Devices - utilization; Lower Extremity; Male; Nurse-Patient Relations; Patient Education as Topic; Pilot Projects; Practice Patterns, Nurses; Prospective Studies; Pulmonary Embolism - nursing; Pulmonary Embolism - prevention & control; Risk Factors; Treatment Outcome; Venous Thromboembolism - nursing; Venous Thromboembolism - prevention & control

The most preventable causes of death in the hospitalized patient are deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism. Despite the long-term (> 15 years) availability of evidence-based consensus guidelines for prevention of venous thromboembolism, thromboprophylaxis remains underused. Improving...