Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a severe and common complication in neurosurgery patients. Preoperative screening in neurosurgical patients for VTE is controversial. venous thromboembolism, neurosurgery, risk factors, prevention, d-dimer screening
Conditions
Interventions
Patients underwent neurosurgical interventions between January 2020 and October 2021. All patients admitted to the neurosurgical department were screening VTE using preoperative screening protocol. Th
Prevention
After implementation VTE screening and prophylactic protocol
Sponsors
Ramathibodi hospital
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: We included 200 patients older than 18 and underwent neurosurgical intervention, including spine and cranial surgery, both elective and emergency surgery.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: The patients whose data were lost were excluded from the study.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| venous thromboembolism 30 days postoperative Incidence of post operative venous thromboembolism,venous thromboembolism preoperative period Incidence of preoperative venous thromboembolism | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| risk factors for preoperative VTE preoperative period Odd ratio,risk factors for postoperative VTE postoperative 30 days odd ratio | — |
Countries
Thailand
Contacts
Public ContactNutsiri kittitirapong
Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital
Outcome results
None listed