The adapted Caprini score as a proxy forpostoperative venous thromboembolismprophylaxis: a tertiary hospital experience.
The majority of postoperative patients at the various surgical departments of the hospital did not receive appropriate postoperative VTE prophylaxis compared to the adapted Caprini scores obtained from their medical information. A patient's HIV status alone did not influence the decision of administering postoperative VTE prophylaxis.
Authors
- Riaan Van Wyk (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6241-6536)
- M du Plessis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-4602-259X)
- Daan Scheepers (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6691-7426)
- Carina Venter (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7473-5355)
- Karen Krüger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6331-8727)
- L Human (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-1520-2715)
- Conray Moolman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-8017-0840)
- Cornel van Rooyen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5092-2957)
- C Vosloo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-4672-6998)
Institutions
- University of the Free State (ZA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PubMed
- Published
- 2024-12-01
- Primary Topic
- Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00