Editing CUA: VTE Prophylaxis (2019) (section)

== Background ==

* Decisions regarding thromboprophylaxis involve a trade-off, in which the intended purpose is to decrease the risk of VTE while recognizing that thromboprophylaxis also increases the risk of bleeding
* To judge the net benefit of VTE prophylaxis, one must know the surgery-specific baseline risk of VTE and major bleeding. For a given procedure the baseline risk of VTE may be further increased by patient factors.
* The incidence of VTE is highest and roughly linear in the first four weeks after surgery and reduces substantially thereafter; the incidence of major bleeding is highest on the day of surgery and decreases rapidly over the next 5 days
* The panel adapted or endorsed recently published EAU guidelines on the same topic