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Assessing the Caprini score for risk assessment of venous thromboembolism in hospitalized medical patients.
The authors examined how well the Caprini risk assessment model predicts venous thromboembolism in hospitalized medical patients. They concluded that the Caprini risk assessment model was unable to identify a subset of medical patients who benefit from pharmacologic prophylaxis.
AHRQ-funded; HS022835.
Citation: Grant PJ, Greene MT, Chopra V .
Assessing the Caprini score for risk assessment of venous thromboembolism in hospitalized medical patients.
Am J Med 2016 May;129(5):528-35. doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2015.10.027.
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Keywords: Adverse Events, Blood Clots, Hospitalization, Risk, Patient Safety