Anaes SAQs · Venous thromboembolism prophylaxis
The VTE risk stratification and the Caprini score
Primary — the Virchow triad; the Caprini risk-assessment model (the age, the BMI, the surgery, the cancer, the prior VTE, the immobility); the low/moderate/high/highest risk strata; and the matching of the prophylaxis to the risk (the mobilisation, the mechanical, the pharmacological, the extended).
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Describe the basis for the VTE risk stratification in the surgical patient, the Caprini score, and how it guides the prophylaxis.
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Describe the basis for the VTE risk stratification in the surgical patient, the Caprini score, and how it guides the prophylaxis.
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- [1]Lohr J, et al. Evolution of the Caprini risk assessment score: a living risk assessment model. J Vasc Surg Venous Lymphat Disord, 2026.PMID 42331469
- [42331470]Bersten AD, Soni N (eds) Oh's Intensive Care Manual. 8th edition, Elsevier, 2018.