Failure of anticoagulant thromboprophylaxis: Risk factors in medical-surgical critically ill patients. Critical Care Medicine, Feb 2015, Vol. 43(2), p.401-10.
Lim, W., et al.
http://journals.lww.com/ccmjournal/Abstract/2015/02000/Failure_of_Anticoagulant_Thromboprophylaxis___Risk.17.aspx
Failure of standard thromboprophylaxis using low-molecular-weight heparin or unfractionated heparin is more likely in ICU patients with elevated body mass index, those with a personal or family history of venous thromboembolism, and those receiving vasopressors. Alternate management or incremental risk reduction strategies may be needed in such patients.
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