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The effect of intermittent pneumatic compression on deep-vein thrombosis and ventilation-free days in critically ill patients with heart failure

Hasan M. Al-Dorzi; Abdulaziz Al-Dawood; Fahad M. Al-Hameed; Karen E. A. Burns; Sangeeta Mehta; Jesna Jose; Sami Alsolamy; Sheryl Ann I. Abdukahil · 2022 · Scientific Reports

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Abstract

Abstract There are contradictory data regarding the effect of intermittent pneumatic compression (IPC) on the incidence of deep-vein thrombosis (DVT) and heart failure (HF) decompensation in critically ill patients. This study evaluated the effect of adjunctive use of IPC on the rate of incident DVT and ventilation-free days among critically ill patients with HF. In this pre-specified secondary analysis of the PREVENT trial (N = 2003), we compared the effect of adjunctive IPC added to pharmacologic thromboprophylaxis (IPC group), with pharmacologic thromboprophylaxis alone (control group) in c

Abstract by Hasan M. Al-Dorzi; Abdulaziz Al-Dawood; Fahad M. Al-Hameed; Karen E. A. Burns; Sangeeta Mehta; Jesna Jose; Sami Alsolamy; Sheryl Ann I. Abdukahil, Scientific Reports (2022) — licensed CC BY 4.0.

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