Cancer pts who have undergone major surgery or had previous VTE should continue prophylaxis with an LMWH after discharge for up to 28 days. a CNS = central nervous system, GI = gastrointestinal ...

Lung cancer can increase the risk of blood clots inside your deep veins. This is called venous thromboembolism (VTE). People with cancer are 4 to 7 times more likely to develop a clot than people ...

[14] Well-documented risk factors for VTE development include surgery, trauma, immobility, cancer, increasing age, obesity, and acute medical illness, and many hospitalized patients have at least ...

Finally, study authors noted that their study excluded patients with valvular disease, chronic dialysis, venous thromboembolism, previous cancer, or previously documented bleeding. The study was ...