When would you prescribe pharmacologic DVT prophylaxis in bedbound neuromuscular patients?
e.g. ALS
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Neurology · University of Minnesota
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Short answer:
- I would still not prescribe pharmacologic DVT prophylaxis routinely for all my bedbound neuromuscular patients in the outpatient setting
- The point raised by the question is more than reasonable, and
- Ideally a randomized trial of prophylaxis vs placebo should occur before we change our pr...
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