DEEP VENOUS THROMBOSIS PROPHYLAXIS IN SURGICAL …

Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is associated with significant morbidity and mortality as well as an enormous economic expense. Approximately 200,000 cases of VTE occur annually of which one third involve pulmonary embolism (PE) accounting for 10% of hospital deaths (1). Hospitalization for an acute

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NICE impact cardiovascular disease prevention

and venous thromboembolism. However, because the focus of this report is CVD prevention, we have looked at a broad range of NICE guidance on conditions that increase the risk of CVD, such as diabetes, and risk factors that can be altered, such as obesity. We routinely collect data which give us information about the uptake of our guidance.

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Guidelines for maternity care in South Africa

2 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The National Maternity Guidelines Committee at the Department of Health, Pretoria, has prepared this document. This fourth edition of the guidelines is extensively updated, but follows the general format of the successful previous