https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Index en-au 5 Assessing the appropriateness of prevention and management of venous thromboembolism in Australia: a cross-sectional study https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:29131 Wed 11 Apr 2018 14:18:48 AEST ]]> Saudi Women's knowledge and awareness of the risk of venous thromboembolism during pregnancy and the puerperium and the practice of ‘lying-in’: a mixed methods study https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:54086 Wed 06 Mar 2024 14:08:46 AEDT ]]> Venous thromboembolic prophylaxis: current practice of surgeons in Australia and New Zealand for major abdominal surgery https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:53495 90% use all three forms of VTE prophylaxis at some stage of treatment. Most surgeons do not vary practice between laparoscopic and open colectomy/major abdominal surgery and only 33% prescribe post-discharge chemical prophylaxis. 42% of surgeons surveyed had equipoise for a clinical trial on the use of IPCDs and the vast majority (> 95%) feel that IPCDs should provide at least a 2% improvement in VTE event rate in order to justify their routine use. Conclusion: Most surgeons in Australia and New Zealand do not use risk assessment tools and use all three forms of prophylaxis regardless. Therfore there is a gap between practice and VTE prophylaxis for the use of mechanical prophylaxis options. Further research is required to determine whether dual modality mechanical prophylaxis is incrementally efficacious. Trial Registration- Not Applicable.]]> Thu 30 Nov 2023 15:43:30 AEDT ]]>