European Guidelines on perioperative venous thromboembolism prophylaxis: Executive summary

Arash Afshari; Walter Ageno; Aamer Ahmed; Jacques Duranteau; David Faraoni; Sibylle Kozek-Langenecker; Juan Llau; Jacky Nizard; Maurizio Solca; Jakob Stensballe; Emmanuel Thienpont; Eleftherios Tsiridis; Linas Venclauskas; Charles Marc Samama; ESA VTE Guidelines Task Force

doi:10.1097/EJA.0000000000000729

European Guidelines on perioperative venous thromboembolism prophylaxis: Executive summary

Eur J Anaesthesiol. 2018 Feb;35(2):77-83. doi: 10.1097/EJA.0000000000000729.

Authors

Arash Afshari¹, Walter Ageno, Aamer Ahmed, Jacques Duranteau, David Faraoni, Sibylle Kozek-Langenecker, Juan Llau, Jacky Nizard, Maurizio Solca, Jakob Stensballe, Emmanuel Thienpont, Eleftherios Tsiridis, Linas Venclauskas, Charles Marc Samama; ESA VTE Guidelines Task Force

Affiliation

¹ From the Department of Anesthesia, Mother and Children's Centre, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark (AA), Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy (WA), Department of Anaesthesia and Critical Care, Glenfield Hospital, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester, UK (AA), Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Hôpitaux Universitaires Paris-Sud, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Université Paris-Sud, Hôpital de Bicêtre, UMRS 942, Paris, France (JD), Department of Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (DF), Sigmund Freud Private University and Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Evangelical Hospital Vienna, Vienna, Austria (SKL), Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care Hospital Clinic, University of València, Spain (JL), Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Groupe hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France (JN), European Society of Anaesthesiology, Brussels, Belgium (MS), Department of Anaesthesia, Centre for Head and Orthopaedics, Rigshospitalet, University Hospital (JS), Section for Transfusion Medicine, Capitol Region Blood Bank, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark (JS), Orthopaedic Surgery, University Hospital Saint Luc, Brussels, Belgium (ET), Orthopaedic Surgery, Aristotle University Medical School, Thessaloniki, Greece and Imperial College London Medical School, London, UK (ET), Department of Surgery, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania (LV) and Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Cochin University Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France (CMS).

PMID: 29112553
DOI: 10.1097/EJA.0000000000000729

No abstract available

Publication types

Practice Guideline

MeSH terms

Aged
Anesthesiology / instrumentation
Anesthesiology / methods
Anesthesiology / standards
Aspirin / administration & dosage
Critical Care / methods
Critical Care / standards
Europe
Female
Humans
Intermittent Pneumatic Compression Devices
Male
Perioperative Care / instrumentation
Perioperative Care / methods
Perioperative Care / standards*
Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors / administration & dosage
Risk Factors
Societies, Medical / standards
Stockings, Compression / adverse effects
Surgical Procedures, Operative / adverse effects*
Vena Cava Filters
Venous Thromboembolism / etiology
Venous Thromboembolism / prevention & control*

Substances

Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors
Aspirin