Implementation and Validation of the 2013 Caprini Score for Risk Stratification of Arthroplasty Patients in the Prevention of Venous Thrombosis

• Published in: Clinical and applied thrombosis/hemostasis Vol. 25; p. 1076029619838066
• Main Authors: Krauss, Eugene S., Segal, Ayal, Cronin, MaryAnne, Dengler, Nancy, Lesser, Martin L., Ahn, Seungjun, Caprini, Joseph A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 03.04.2019; SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC; SAGE Publishing
• Subjects: Joint surgery; Original; Risk assessment; Thromboembolism; risk stratification; arthroplasty; chemoprophylaxis; aspirin; rivaroxaban; Caprini risk assessment model; apixaban

Appropriate chemoprophylaxis choice following arthroplasty requires accurate patient risk assessment. We compared the results of our prospective department protocol to the Caprini risk assessment model (RAM) retrospectively in this study group. Our goal was to determine whether the department protoc...