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1. Appendix C: VTE Measurement and Tracking | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   May 01, 2016 - If patient is at moderate or high risk and is not receiving anticoagulant prophylaxis: Does patient have … Bleeding Risk Factors and Contraindications to Anticoagulant Prophylaxis Active bleeding. … Blue represents patients on combination mechanical and anticoagulant prophylaxis, while gray represents … Customize the list of anticoagulants and doses as required, based on your formulary, and whether you … Which anticoagulants to include may vary by protocol and the underlying focus of the improvement team

2. Appendix B: Risk Assessment Models, Protocols, and Order Sets | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   October 01, 2022 - Variation: Add in start time for anticoagulant prophylaxis post op. … Balances default to prophylaxis with explicit efforts to minimize anticoagulant prophylaxis for those … Concurrent use of anticoagulants known to increase the risk of bleeding (such as warfarin with international … Anticoagulant prophylaxis posed as preferred prophylaxis in cases at risk for VTE and no anticoagulant … Anticoagulant prophylaxis is preferred prophylaxis in cases at risk for VTE and no anticoagulant contraindication

3. Chapter 6. Track Performance with Metrics | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   May 01, 2016 - attributable to anticoagulant prophylaxis. … that justifies using alternatives to anticoagulant prophylaxis? … In its simplest version, the proactive review ends if either anticoagulant or mechanical prophylaxis … In addition, not everyone with HA-VTE will be readmitted; newer oral anticoagulants and low-molecular-weight … limits how aggressively anticoagulant prophylaxis can be used.

4. Modes of failure in venous thromboembolism prophylaxis. | PSNet
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   October 19, 2022 - Study Modes of failure in venous thromboembolism prophylaxis. … Modes of failure in venous thromboembolism prophylaxis. … Modes of failure in venous thromboembolism prophylaxis. … June 5, 2013 Reducing anticoagulant medication adverse events and avoidable patient harm … See More About The Topic Hospitals Quality and Safety Professionals Hematology Anticoagulants

5. Chapter 5. Implement the VTE Prevention Protocol | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   October 01, 2022 - Age, body mass index, creatinine clearance, already prescribed antiplatelet or anticoagulant agents, … a given LMWH or oral anticoagulant. … prophylaxis. … prophylaxis. … Opting out of anticoagulant prophylaxis for moderate- or high-risk patients led to capture of anticoagulant

6. Chapter 7. Layering Interventions and Moving Toward Excellence | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   May 01, 2016 - orders for each patient on the ward as "green" (therapeutic or prophylactic anticoagulant ordered), … to anticoagulants at a prophylactic level. … The patient in 601B has SCDs and a documented lab contraindication to anticoagulant. … level, impaired mobility, and no contraindication for anticoagulant captured in the laboratory. … Finally, potential over-prophylaxis is identified by "green" patients on anticoagulant who are ambulating

7. Chapter 4. Choose the Model To Assess VTE and Bleeding Risk | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   October 01, 2022 - Bleeding risk tools and guidance for the timing of administering anticoagulant prophylaxis around surgical … Provide decision support regarding those who would benefit from combination mechanical and anticoagulant … Patients are targeted for interventions to prevent VTE (anticoagulant or mechanical prophylaxis and efforts … This approach has an automatic default of anticoagulant prophylaxis and assumes the great majority of … Specific options for anticoagulant choices, dosing, and timing are presented in the actual order sets

8. Appendix A: Tools and Resources | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   July 01, 2018 - Meta-analysis: anticoagulant prophylaxis to prevent symptomatic venous thromboembolism in hospitalized … Convincing trials of anticoagulant prophylaxis against symptomatic UE DVT are currently lacking, but … a recent meta-analysis found that anticoagulant prophylaxis is effective for preventing all CVC-related … DVT, and it seems likely that anticoagulant prophylaxis reduces symptomatic UE DVT to some extent. … In any case, most inpatients with a CVC warrant anticoagulant prophylaxis based on cumulative risk factors

9. Chapter 3. Outline the Evidence and Identify Best Practices | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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   February 01, 2016 - (Nonsurgical) Acutely ill hospitalized patients at risk for thrombosis are likely candidates for anticoagulant … (preferably with IPCD) and anticoagulant prophylaxis is suggested for these high-risk patients. … In AT8 and other guidelines, anticoagulant prophylaxis is preferred over mechanical prophylaxis. 6,13 … arthroplasty and total knee arthroplasty, LMWH is favored by AT9. 4 For hip fracture surgery, the anticoagulant … of anticoagulants in different situations, further complicate the issues.

10. Appendix B: Risk Assessment Models, Protocols, and Order Sets (continued) | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    January 01, 2020 - spinal lesion at high risk of bleeding, recent major operation at high risk for bleeding, systemic anticoagulant … prophylaxis. … Variation: For scores of 3–4, offer only anticoagulant, or only IPC, depending on the population the … prophylaxis. … prophylaxis.

11. Reducing anticoagulant medication adverse events and avoidable patient harm. | PSNet
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    May 19, 2021 - Study Reducing anticoagulant medication adverse events and avoidable patient harm … Reducing anticoagulant medication adverse vents and avoidable patient harm. … Hospitalized patients receiving anticoagulants such as warfarin are at high risk for adverse drug events … Reducing anticoagulant medication adverse vents and avoidable patient harm. … View More Related Resources Modes of failure in venous thromboembolism prophylaxis

12. Making Healthcare Safer Practices: 16. Venous Thromboembolism (pdf file)
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    March 01, 2020 - Pharmacologic prophylaxis is available via a number of different anticoagulant and antiplatelet drugs … There are two different types of pharmacologic agents available for VTE prophylaxis—anticoagulants and … drugs are associated with a higher incidence of bleeding than prophylaxis agents.4 The review’s key … insufficient evidence to draw conclusion regarding whether aspirin is more or less effective than anticoagulation … agents.

13. Preface | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    March 01, 2016 - practices, the rates are much higher. 10-12 When patients survive the VTE event and acute course of anticoagulant … Patients and their families relay powerful personal stories related to loss of function, difficulty with anticoagulant … while avoiding over-prophylaxis of those who are not. … Evidence-based protocols that standardize VTE risk assessment and prophylaxis. … (50-60 percent) and pharmacologic prophylaxis (10-20 percent of doses commonly not delivered).

14. Thromboembolism | Digital Healthcare Research
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    January 01, 2024 - , hybrid type II trial of interoperable clinical decision support to improve venous thromboembolism prophylaxis … , hybrid type II trial of interoperable clinical decision support to improve venous thromboembolism prophylaxis … Support System Implementation of DDInteract: A Shared Decision Making Tool for Anticoagulant … Ronilda Drug-drug interaction between dexamethasone and direct-acting oral anticoagulants … Drug-drug interaction between dexamethasone and direct-acting oral anticoagulants: A nested case-control

15. Inappropriate prescriptions of direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) in hospitalized patients: a narrative review. | PSNet
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    November 21, 2018 - Review Inappropriate prescriptions of direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) in hospitalized … Inappropriate prescriptions of direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) in hospitalized patients: a narrative … clinical consequences of potentially inappropriate inpatient prescribing of DOACs and how pharmacists and anticoagulant … August 30, 2023 Modes of failure in venous thromboembolism prophylaxis. … December 30, 2014 Reducing anticoagulant medication adverse events and avoidable patient

16. SMART/FHIR | Digital Healthcare Research
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    August 01, 2024 - , hybrid type II trial of interoperable clinical decision support to improve venous thromboembolism prophylaxis … , hybrid type II trial of interoperable clinical decision support to improve venous thromboembolism prophylaxis … Ozaydin, Bunyamin Implementation of DDInteract: A Shared Decision Making Tool for Anticoagulant … DDInteract, a shared decision making clinical decision support tool that aims to reduce harm from oral anticoagulant

17. Executive Summary | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    March 01, 2016 - While VTE sometimes occurs despite the best available prophylaxis, there are many lost opportunities … to optimize prophylaxis and reduce VTE risk factors in virtually every hospital. … harms, costs, and discomfort associated with prophylactic methods; for some inpatients, the risk of anticoagulant … prophylaxis may outweigh the risk of HA-VTE. … rates, and other parameters (e.g., adherence to prescribed prophylaxis).

18. Chapter 2. Analyze Care Delivery | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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    February 01, 2016 - the role of new anticoagulants in prophylaxis continues to evolve. … For example, simply listing options for prophylaxis does not provide adequate guidance. … Prophylaxis gets missed or changed on transfer to a perioperative setting. … Correct prophylaxis is ordered but not administered (or the patient refuses treatment). … Prophylaxis is stopped at discharge even though the patient has indications for extended duration prophylaxis

19. The Lost Start Date: an Unknown Risk of E-prescribing | PSNet
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    December 02, 2020 - was complicated by an acute pulmonary embolism (PE), which was treated with rivaroxaban (a new oral anticoagulant … Direct oral anticoagulants (such as rivaroxaban) were developed to overcome the myriad of known risks … in a patient with atrial fibrillation or at risk for DVT or pulmonary embolism (prophylaxis requires … Could his PE have been prevented had he been given DVT/PE prophylaxis in the hospital? … September 30, 2020 WebM&M Cases Direct Oral Anticoagulants

20. Hurried Team Huddle and Poor Communication: Unsafe Practice During Anesthesia for Emergency Cesarean Delivery | PSNet
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    September 27, 2023 - the last dose of LMWH. 20 By contrast, both ACOG and ACCP list LMWH as their preferred prophylactic anticoagulant … Second, there should be discussion about which prophylactic anticoagulant may be best for each patient … Each of these checklists should be adapted as needed, and review of anticoagulant name, dose, and timing … Obstetric venous thromboembolism prophylaxis: what obstetricians should know about anesthesia guidelines … Epidural hematoma following low molecular weight heparin prophylaxis and spinal anesthesia for cesarean