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Is deep vein thrombosis prophylaxis appropriate in the medical wards? A clinical pharmacists' intervention study.
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- Prevention of health care associated venous thromboembolism through implementing VTE prevention clinical practice guidelines in hospitalized medical patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Implementation science : IS · 2020Pooled it
- Clinical and economic impacts of clinical pharmacists' interventions in Iran: a systematic review.Daru : journal of Faculty of Pharmacy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences · 2019Pooled it
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- Improved utilisation of venous thromboembolism prophylaxis in renal-impaired patients following a clinical pharmacist intervention.European journal of hospital pharmacy : science and practice · 2022Article
- Assessment of adherence to cancer-associated venous thromboembolism guideline and pharmacist's impact on anticoagulant therapy.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2021Article
- Appropriateness of Pharmacologic Prophylaxis against Deep Vein Thrombosis in Medical Wards of an Ethiopian Referral Hospital.International journal of vascular medicine · 2018Article
- Improved venous thromboembolism prophylaxis by pharmacist-driven interventions in acutely ill medical patients in Belgium.International journal of clinical pharmacy · 2014Article
- Medication error detection in two major teaching hospitals: What are the types of errors?Journal of research in medical sciences : the official journal of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences · 2014Article
- Clinical pharmacy services in an Iranian teaching hospital: Type, severity, resolution, and accuracy.Journal of research in pharmacy practice · 2013Article
- Developing an Economic Case of Clinical Pharmacists' Interventions on Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis Through Service Evaluation.Journal of research in pharmacy practiceArticle
- Evaluation of Venous Thromboembolic Event Prophylaxis in Hospitalized Cancer Patients: A Single-Centered Retrospective Study.Journal of research in pharmacy practiceArticle
- Implementation of vertical clinical pharmacist service on venous thromboembolism prophylaxis in hospitalized medical patients.Einstein (Sao Paulo, Brazil)Article
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Abstract
objectiveVenous thromboembolism is a major cause of mortality and morbidity in hospitalized patients. To evaluate physicians' approach to patients' thrombosis risk assessment and practice of thromboembolism prophylaxis in a teaching hospital, we designed an interventional prospective study.
settingThis pre and post interventional study was conducted in the infectious diseases ward of Imam Khomeini referral hospital, Tehran, Iran.
methodPatients' risk factors for thromboembolism during hospitalization course and physicians' thromboembolism prophylaxis approaches were evaluated in a pre and post clinical pharmacists' interventional study.
main outcome measureAn internal guideline for prescribing anticoagulants as deep vein thrombosis (DVT) prophylaxis was prepared by clinical pharmacists and the appropriateness of anticoagulants' prescription was evaluated and compared before and after the implementation of consensual guideline.
resultsIn the pre-intervention phase 69.9% of patients had appropriate indication and received thromboembolism prophylaxis and in 31.1% of enrolled patients anticoagulants were prescribed inappropriately. Prescription of anticoagulants was appropriate in 88.4% of patients during the post interventional phase of the study while 11.6% of admitted patients received prophylaxis improperly. A decrease in the number of patients who had the criterion for DVT prophylaxis but anticoagulants were not administered after the implementation of internal guideline was statistically significant (P=0.001).
conclusionThe implementation of clinical pharmacists' prepared protocol helped to a great extent in the improvement of administrating DVT prophylaxis appropriately in patients.
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