Evaluation of Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) Prophylaxis in Medically Ill Patients

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT00810784

Enrollment

121

Registered

2008-12-18

Start date

2005-03-31

Completion date

2007-03-31

Last updated

2008-12-18

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Conditions

Venous Thromboembolism

Keywords

Venous Thromboembolism, Prevention, Quality Improvement, Education, Compliance with VTE prophylaxis

Brief summary

VTE prophylaxis is not as routinely employed in medically ill patients as compared to surgical patients. This retrospective chart review project will evaluate the effectiveness of VTE prophylaxis in medically ill patients at the University of Utah Hospitals and Clinics compared to current literature. The study will ultimately serve as a quality improvement project to help improve patient care.

Interventions

BEHAVIORALEducation

(1) a risk-assessment tool completed at the time of a hospital admission, (2) structured educational sessions on VTE prevention, and (3) audit-feedback where institutional data was reviewed during the educational sessions. These sessions were given once to the clinical pharmacists and on three separate occasions to the medicine house officers.

Study design

Observational model

CASE_CONTROL

Time perspective

RETROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Hospitalized at the University of Utah on one our medical services.

Exclusion criteria

* Patients received therapeutic anticoagulation.

Countries

United States

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026