TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Chapter 67. Prevention of Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) A1 - Spellman, Jessica A2 - Atchabahian, Arthur A2 - Gupta, Ruchir Y1 - 2013 N1 - T2 - The Anesthesia Guide 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 SN - PB - The McGraw-Hill Companies CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/29 UR - accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=57261299 ER -