European Guidelines on perioperative venous thromboembolism prophylaxis

Document Type: Research Article

Affiliations: 1: From the Department of Anesthesia, Mother and Children's Centre, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark (AA), Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy (WA), Department of Anaesthesia and Critical Care, Glenfield Hospital, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester, UK (AA), Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Hôpitaux Universitaires Paris-Sud, Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Paris, Université Paris-Sud, Hôpital de Bicêtre, UMRS 942, Paris, France (JD), Department of Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (DF), Sigmund Freud Private University and Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Evangelical Hospital Vienna, Vienna, Austria (SKL), Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care Hospital Clinic, University of València, Spain (JL), Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Groupe hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France (JN), European Society of Anaesthesiology, Brussels, Belgium (MS), Department of Anaesthesia, Centre for Head and Orthopaedics, Rigshospitalet, University Hospital (JS), Section for Transfusion Medicine, Capitol Region Blood Bank, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark (JS), Orthopaedic Surgery, University Hospital Saint Luc, Brussels, Belgium (ET), Orthopaedic Surgery, Aristotle University Medical School, Thessaloniki, Greece and Imperial College London Medical School, London, UK (ET), Department of Surgery, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania (LV) and Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Cochin University Hospital, Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Paris, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France (CMS) 2: From the Department of Anesthesia, Mother and Children's Centre, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark (AA), Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy (WA), Department of Anaesthesia and Critical Care, Glenfield Hospital, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester, UK (AA), Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Hôpitaux Universitaires Paris-Sud, Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Paris, Université Paris-Sud, Hôpital de Bicêtre, UMRS 942, Paris, France (JD), Department of Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (DF), Sigmund Freud Private University and Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Evangelical Hospital Vienna, Vienna, Austria (SKL), Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care Hospital Clinic, University of València, Spain (JL), Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Groupe hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France (JN), European Society of Anaesthesiology, Brussels, Belgium (MS), Department of Anaesthesia, Centre for Head and Orthopaedics, Rigshospitalet, University Hospital (JS), Section for Transfusion Medicine, Capitol Region Blood Bank, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark (JS), Orthopaedic Surgery, University Hospital Saint Luc, Brussels, Belgium (ET), Orthopaedic Surgery, Aristotle University Medical School, Thessaloniki, Greece and Imperial College London Medical School, London, UK (ET), Department of Surgery, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania (LV) and Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Cochin University Hospital, Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Paris, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France (CMS) 3: From the Department of Anesthesia, Mother and Children's Centre, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark (AA), Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy (WA), Department of Anaesthesia and Critical Care, Glenfield Hospital, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester, UK (AA), Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Hôpitaux Universitaires Paris-Sud, Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Paris, Université Paris-Sud, Hôpital de Bicêtre, UMRS 942, Paris, France (JD), Department of Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (DF), Sigmund Freud Private University and Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Evangelical Hospital Vienna, Vienna, Austria (SKL), Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care Hospital Clinic, University of València, Spain (JL), Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Groupe hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France (JN), European Society of Anaesthesiology, Brussels, Belgium (MS), Department of Anaesthesia, Centre for Head and Orthopaedics, Rigshospitalet, University Hospital (JS), Section for Transfusion Medicine, Capitol Region Blood Bank, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark (JS), Orthopaedic Surgery, University Hospital Saint Luc, Brussels, Belgium (ET), Orthopaedic Surgery, Aristotle University Medical School, Thessaloniki, Greece and Imperial College London Medical School, London, UK (ET), Department of Surgery, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania (LV) and Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Cochin University Hospital, Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Paris, Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France (CMS)

Publication date: 01 February 2018