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How do you decide when, if ever, to defer pharmacologic venous thromboembolism prophylaxis for hospitalized patients?

Do you use prophylaxis universally or based on risk scores?
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Hospital Medicine · Temple University Hospital
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For the majority of patients who are not actively bleeding, I use pharmacological prophylaxis. I prefer heparin products, unless they have a history of HIT or religious preferences on porcine products. Even for patients planned for surgery, heparin can always be held or reversed. I prefer LMWH over ...

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