HIDDEN2: Study protocol for the hospital deep vein thrombosis detection study in patients with cancer receiving palliative care.

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Introduction

Medical patients, admitted acutely to hospital, are at risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE). Clinical guidelines advise thromboprophylaxis prophylaxis for those at high risk of VTE. VTE is a common sequela of cancer, but guidelines take little consideration of cancer as an independent risk factor and their utility in palliative care patients is unclear. The hospice inpatient deep vein thrombosis (DVT) detection study (HIDDen) reported a 28% prevalence of asymptomatic iliofemoral DVT in hospice patients of poor performance status (PS) and prognosis, calling into question the utility of thromboprophylaxis in the palliative care setting. However, the majority of cancer inpatients receiving palliative care are admitted to hospital through the acute medical setting, yet the

SUBMITTER: Kitson T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10481726 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature