RT Book, Section A1 Spellman, Jessica A2 Atchabahian, Arthur A2 Gupta, Ruchir SR Print(0) ID 57261299 T1 Chapter 67. Prevention of Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) T2 The Anesthesia Guide YR 2013 FD 2013 PB The McGraw-Hill Companies PP New York, NY SN 978-0-07-176049-2 LK accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=57261299 RD 2024/04/20 AB Venous thromboembolism (VTE) represents a major preventable cause of perioperative morbidity (postphlebitic syndrome) and mortality (fatal pulmonary embolism [PE])Cost-effectiveness of thromboprophylaxis as well as little or no increase in clinically important bleeding with prophylactic doses has been demonstrated