Thromboprophylaxis using combined intermittent pneumatic compression and pharmacologic prophylaxis versus pharmacologic prophylaxis alone in critically ill patients: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Trials

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Arabi, Yaseen M ^a   Alsolamy, Sami ^a   Al Dawood, Abdulaziz ^a   Al Omari, Awad ^b   Al Hameed, Fahad ^a   Burns, Karen E A ^c   Almaani, Mohammed ^a,d   Lababidi, Hani ^d   Al Bshabshe, Ali ^e   Mehta, Sangeeta ^f   Al Aithan, Abdulsalam M ^g   Mandourah, Yasser ^h,i   Mekhlafi, Ghaleb ^h   Finfer, Simon ^j   Abdukahil, Sheryl Ann I ^k   Afesh, Lara Y ^a   Dbsawy, Maamoun ^k   Sadat, Musharaf ^k  

^a KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

^b ALFAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d KING FAHAD MEDICAL CITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^e KING KHALID UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^g King Abdul Aziz Hospital   (Saudi Arabia)

^h Prince Sultan Military Medical City   (Saudi Arabia)

ⁱ International Extended Care Center   (Saudi Arabia)

^j UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^k KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

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Author keywords

Adjunct mechanical and pharmacologic DVT prophylaxis; Critically ill patients; Deep vein thrombosis; Intermittent pneumatic compression; Pulmonary embolism

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL; DALTEPARIN; ENOXAPARIN; HEPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; TICLOPIDINE; WARFARIN; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; COMPRESSION THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FEMORAL VEIN; FIBRINOLYSIS; FOLLOW UP; HEART FAILURE; HEMODYNAMICS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERMITTENT PNEUMATIC COMPRESSION; INTERMITTENT PNEUMATIC COMPRESSION DEVICE; ISCHEMIA; KNEE; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONOTHERAPY; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESSOR RESPONSE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK REDUCTION; SAFETY; SAUDI ARABIA; SHOCK; SKIN ULCER; THERAPY EFFECT; THROMBOSIS PREVENTION; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; ADVERSE DEVICE EFFECT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; LOWER LIMB; METHODOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; TIME FACTOR; VASCULARIZATION; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

AUSTRALIA; CANADA; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HEPARIN; HEPARIN, LOW-MOLECULAR-WEIGHT; HUMANS; INTERMITTENT PNEUMATIC COMPRESSION DEVICES; LOWER EXTREMITY; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK FACTORS; SAUDI ARABIA; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 84982685139     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13063-016-1520-0     Document Type: Article

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