& Hollard, to Thromboembolism” (Pearse, Caldwell, Lockwood 2007); “Physician Alerts Prevent Symptomatic Venous Thromboembolism in Hospitalized (Piazza et al., 2009); Patients” Thromboembolism Prophylaxis in Medical Inpatients: A “Venous retrospective Chart Review” (Rahim, Panju, Pai & Toward Practice of Venous Ginsberg, 2003); “Attitudes Thromboembolism Prevention in General Internal Medicine Wards: A Multicultural Survey from Member Countries of the European Federation of Internal & Medicine” (Vardi, Dagna, Haran Duckit, 2012); a Research Utilization Plan for Prevention of Deep Vein “Implementing (Van Wicklin, Ward & Cantrell, 2006); and AORN Recommended Thrombosis” “Implementing Practices for Prevention of Deep Vein (Van Wicklin, 2011). Thrombosis” After review of these articles, group consensus chose the four best articles to answer the question: what does the literature reveal about the combination of heparin based anticoagulants and ambulation compared to ambulation alone, in the prevention of deep vein thrombosis (DVT). These four articles include Thromboembolism Prevention in Acutely Ill Nonsurgical “Venous by Brophy et al., 2005; of Venous Thromboembloism (VTE) Prevention Patients” “Knowledge Among Hospitalized by LeSage et al., 2008; of Early Mobilization Protocol on Patients” “Impact the Medical-Surgical Inpatient by Pashikanti and Von Ah, 2011; and Population” “Implementing AORN Recommended Practices for Prevention of Deep Vein by Sharon A. Van Thrombosis” Wicklin, 2011. In the Brophy et al. (2005) article Thromboembolism Prevention in Acutely Ill “Venous Nonsurgical the conducted a MEDLINE data search to find and review Patients,” authors’ research relating to recent advances in the prevention of DVT. The article includes a discussion of the most current prevention strategies, risk factors, and assessment tools utilized in the medical field. The findings of this article suggest that although specific anticoagulant regimens
Thromboembolism” (Pearse, Caldwell, Lockwood & Hollard, 2007); “Physician Alerts to Prevent Symptomatic Venous Thromboembolism in Hospitalized Patients” (Piazza et al., 2009); “Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis in Medical Inpatients: A retrospective Chart Review” (Rahim, Panju, Pai & Ginsberg, 2003); “Attitudes Toward Practice of Venous Thromboembolism Prevention in General Internal Medicine Wards: A Multicultural Survey from Member Countries of the European Federation of Internal Medicine” (Vardi, Dagna, Haran & Duckit, 2012); “Implementing a Research Utilization Plan for Prevention of Deep Vein Thrombosis” (Van Wicklin, Ward & Cantrell, 2006); and “Implementing AORN Recommended Practices for Prevention of Deep Vein Thrombosis” (Van Wicklin, 2011). After review of these articles, group consensus chose the four best articles to answer the question: what does the literature reveal about the combination of heparin based anticoagulants and ambulation compared to ambulation alone, in the prevention of deep vein thrombosis (DVT). These four articles include “Venous Thromboembolism Prevention in Acutely Ill Nonsurgical Patients” by Brophy et al., 2005; “Knowledge of Venous Thromboembloism (VTE) Prevention Among Hospitalized Patients” by LeSage et al., 2008; “Impact of Early Mobilization Protocol on the Medical-Surgical Inpatient Population” by Pashikanti and Von Ah, 2011; and “Implementing AORN Recommended Practices for Prevention of Deep Vein Thrombosis” by Sharon A. Van Wicklin, 2011. In the Brophy et al. (2005) article “Venous Thromboembolism Prevention in Acutely Ill Nonsurgical Patients,” the authors’ conducted a MEDLINE data search to find and review research relating to recent advances in the prevention of DVT. The article includes a discussion of the most current prevention strategies, risk factors, and assessment tools utilized in the medical field. The findings of this article suggest that although specific anticoagulant regimens
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