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Tag: ACCP

  • ACCP Guideline for DVT and PE Treatment: New Edition, 2016

    The ACCP Chest Guidelines have been the main guide over the last more than 2 decades for evidence-based recommendations on best management of anticoagulants for various indications, including DVT and PE.  The 10th edition of the chapter on DVT and PE management was published in Jan 2016 [ref 1]. Unfortunately, the guideline is not available for non-subscribers.

  • ACCP 2012 Guidelines: A Great, New, User-Friendly Summary

    Stephan Moll, MD writes…  The more than 20 chapters and 801 pages of the respected 2012 ACCP Antithrombotic Therapy Guidelines – beautifully evidence-based, but always very cumbersome to read for the clinician looking for quick management guidance -, have now been summarized by the ACCP into a visually appealing, uncluttered, clinician-user-friendly document, referred to as…

  • New ACCP Guidelines – DVT and PE: Highlights and Summary

    Stephan Moll, MD writes…  This month the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) published its new (2012) guidelines regarding anticoagulation and management of various thrombotic disorders, replacing the 2008 edition. The details of the new guidelines can be found here

  • Hip and Knee Replacement Surgery – DVT Prophylaxis – AAOS Guideline

    Two main guidelines exist which many physicians go by to decide whether a particular patient should get DVT prophylaxis after hip or knee replacement surgery, what method (compression device, or pharmacologic agent) to use, and for how long to give prophylaxis.  (a) One is the ACCP guideline (American College of Chest Physicians), last published in June 2008…

  • DVT and PE: How Long to Treat With Anticoagulants?

    Explanation for Patients The complex topic of “Length of Anticoagulant Treatment” for patients with VTE  is being addressed in a blog entry written for patients, found on the Clot Connect patient education blog (here). For the Health Care Professional Well respected treatment guidelines exist [ref 1,2].