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Two health care aides help a senior walk with crutches.
Premise / December 2023 BY: Daniel Hong, PharmD, BCGP, Hans Haag, BSc, BSc (Pharm), ACPR, Anthony Lau, ACPR, PharmD, BCPS, CDCES, Agnes Y. Y. Lee, MD, MSc, FRCPC

Background The baseline risk of symptomatic venous thromboembolism (VTE) in the first 35 days after major orthopaedic surgery has been estimated at 4.3%.[1] This burden of VTE, along with a much... Read More