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

NCT00810784 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 121

Last updated 2008-12-18

No results posted yet for this study

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.

Conditions

  • Venous Thromboembolism

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Education

(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.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Matthew Rondina, M.D. · University of Utah

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2005-03-31
Primary Completion
2007-03-31
Completion
2007-03-31

Countries

  • United States

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