A comparison of international clinical practice guidelines for postpartum venous thromboembolism prophylaxis
There are considerable differences in the rates of women receiving postpartum pharmacological venous thromboembolism prophylaxis when recommendations from different international guidelines are applied. These differences reflect the wide variation in guideline recommendations for the use of LMWH following birth.
Authors
- Sean Seeho (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3828-8671)
- Dharmintra Pasupathy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6722-1006)
- Sarah Ephraums
- Aban Dasgupta
- Soumya Korah
Institutions
- The University of Sydney (AU)
- Northern Sydney Local Health District (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
- Published
- 2025-02-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-025-07246-3
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.74