Deep vein thrombosis in acute spinal cord injury.
rct · Level II
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1038/sc.2009.37.
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Abstract
Randomized study. To find out the incidence of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) in acute spinal cord injury (SCI) patients with and without therapeutic prophylaxis. Patients admitted in the department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, SMS Medical College, Jaipur, India. All 297 patients received physical therapy measures and were randomly divided into two groups. 166 patients received prophylactic heparin, whereas 131 patients did not. A total of three cases (1.8%) in study group and four cases (3%) in control group developed DVT. This difference was statistically insignificant (P>0.05). Incidence of DVT in SCI is low in our study.
Medical subject headings
- Spinal Cord Injuries
- Venous Thrombosis