Venous thromboembolism in a general hospital. An update with low molecular weight heparin prophylaxis

Abstract

With a simple and strictly applied regimen of prophylaxis with LMWH the overall rate of symptomatic VTE was very low in our hospitalized patients. Beside LMWH prophylaxis, shortening hospital stays and substantial improvements in surgical and anesthesia techniques achieved during the last decades probably play an essential role in decreasing VTE rates.