Adjunctive Intermittent Pneumatic Compression for Venous Thromboprophylaxis.

YM, Arabi; F, Al-Hameed; KEA, Burns; S, Mehta; SJ, Alsolamy; MS, Alshahrani; Y, Mandourah; GA, Almekhlafi; M, Almaani; Bshabshe A, Al; S, Finfer; Z, Arshad; I, Khalid; Y, Mehta; A, Gaur; H, Hawa; H, Buscher; H, Lababidi; Aithan A, Al; SAI, Abdukahil; J, Jose; LY, Afesh; A, Al-Dawood

doi:10.1056/nejmoa1816150

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Adjunctive Intermittent Pneumatic Compression for Venous Thromboprophylaxis.

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Arabi YM

Al-Hameed F

Burns KEA

Abstract

Background Whether adjunctive intermittent pneumatic compression in critically ill patients receiving pharmacologic thromboprophylaxis would result in a lower incidence of deep-vein thrombosis than pharmacologic thromboprophylaxis alone is uncertain.Methods We randomly assigned patients who were con...

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