Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis in Acutely Ill Hospitalized Medical Patients
Victor F. Tapson1, Hervé Decousus2, Mario Pini3, Beng H. Chong4, James B. Froehlich5, Manuel Monreal6, Alex C. Spyropoulos7, Geno J. Merli8, Rainer B. Zotz9, Jean-François Bergmann10, Ricardo Pavanello11, Alexander G.G. Turpie12, Mashio Nakamura13, Franco Piovella14, Ajay K. Kakkar15, Frederick A. Spencer16, Gordon FitzGerald16, Frederick A. Anderson16
1Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
2Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, CIE3, Saint-Etienne, France
3Ospedale di Fidenza Medicina Interna, Fidenza, Italy
4Medicine Department, St. George Hospital, Kogarah, NSW, Australia
5Vascular Medicine, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, MI
6Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain
7Lovelace Medical Center, Clinical Thrombosis Center, Albuquerque, NM
8Jefferson Antithrombotic Therapy Service, Division of Internal Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
9Universitätsklinikum Düsseldorf, Institut für Hämostaseologie und Transfusionsmedizin, Düsseldorf, Germany
10Hôpital Lariboisiere Clinique Thérapeutique, Paris, France
11Hospital do Coração Clínica Médica, São Paulo, Brazil
12Hamilton Health Sciences General Hospital, Hamilton, ON, Canada
13Faculty of Medicine, First Department of Internal Medicine, Mie University, Tsu Mie, Japan
14Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico Policlinico San Matteo, Servizio Malattie Tromboemboliche, Pavia, Italy
15Centre for Surgical Sciences, Barts and The London, Queen Mary School of Medicine, London, UK
16Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Center for Outcomes Research, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA