NICE's recommendations for thromboembolism are not evidence based.

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Welfare, Mark
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2011
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A Radio 4 Face the Facts programme earlier this year placed hospitals and doctors who do not assess patients for risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE) in the dock alongside fraudsters (www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b012fqss). But do the facts support prophylaxis for the largest group at risk—medical inpatients? Deaths from VTE are important and tragic for individuals and families. I support government led safety initiatives, and actively participated in the Clostridium difficile reduction programme. But we need targets and treatments to be driven by evidence—not politics.
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Welfare, M. (2011) NICE's recommendations for thromboembolism are not evidence based. BMJ; 343 : d6452.
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BMJ
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https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14445/165
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https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.d6452
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