[Impact of an intervention on the practice of venous thromboprophylaxis recommendations in a geriatric setting]

Hind Benzengli; Richard Tuligenga; Awovi Assiobo; Marie-Thérèse Rabus; Jean-Paul Rwabihama

doi:10.1016/j.sger.2020.03.014

[Impact of an intervention on the practice of venous thromboprophylaxis recommendations in a geriatric setting]

Soins Gerontol. 2020 May-Jun;25(143):39-43. doi: 10.1016/j.sger.2020.03.014. Epub 2020 Mar 19.

[Article in French]

Authors

Hind Benzengli¹, Richard Tuligenga², Awovi Assiobo³, Marie-Thérèse Rabus⁴, Jean-Paul Rwabihama⁵

Affiliations

¹ Service de pharmacie, Hôpital Dupuytren, AP-HP, 1 rue Eugène-Delacroix, 91210 Draveil, France.
² Service de gérontologie 2, Hôpital Émile-Roux, AP-HP, 1 avenue de Verdun, 94450 Limeil-Brévannes, France.
³ Service de gériatrie A1.
⁴ Service de gériatrie B2, Hôpital Dupuytren, AP-HP, 1 rue Eugène-Delacroix, 91210 Draveil, France.
⁵ Service de gériatrie B2, Hôpital Dupuytren, AP-HP, 1 rue Eugène-Delacroix, 91210 Draveil, France; Inserm U955, Université Paris Est Créteil, Institut Mondor de recherche biomédicale, équipe Cepia (Clinical Epidemiology and Ageing), 94000 Créteil, France. Electronic address: jean-paul.rwabihama@aphp.fr.

PMID: 32444082
DOI: 10.1016/j.sger.2020.03.014

Abstract

The practice of prevention of venous thromboembolic disease in hospitalized elderly patients does not comply with published recommendations, in 30% of cases. The objective of this study was to evaluate the impact of recalling the recommendations on the venous thromboprophylaxis.

Keywords: analyse; analysis; bonne pratique; geriatrics; good practice; gériatrie; prevention; prévention; recommandation; recommendation; thromboprophylaxie; thromboprophylaxis.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Aged
Geriatrics*
Guideline Adherence / statistics & numerical data*
Humans
Practice Guidelines as Topic*
Program Evaluation
Venous Thromboembolism*
Venous Thrombosis / prevention & control*