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Prophylaxis for postoperative PTE |
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| 1995–1997 |
1998 |
1999–2003 |
|
|
|
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| No prevention |
9 |
0 |
0 |
| Elastic bandages |
4 |
1 |
0 |
| Elastic stockings |
10 |
4 |
0 |
| IPC |
0 |
0 |
14 |
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Before vs. after introduction of IPC: 1.19% (23/1,928) vs. 0.40% (14/3,525) (p < 0.01) IPC: intermittent pneumatic compression PTE: pulmonary thromboembolism | |||
Suzuki et al. Thrombosis Journal 2005 3:18 doi:10.1186/1477-9560-3-18 |
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