Venous thromboembolism (surgical)

The advice in this NICE guideline covers adults who are at risk of developing a blood clot because they are having an operation that requires an overnight stay in hospital. These operations include: hip or knee surgery abdominal surgery gynaecological surgery (but not caesarean section) su ...

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The advice in this NICE guideline covers adults who are at risk of developing a blood clot because they are having an operation that requires an overnight stay in hospital. These operations include:

• hip or knee surgery
• abdominal surgery
• gynaecological surgery (but not caesarean section)
• surgery on the brain, spine, heart, lungs, kidneys or bladder
• surgery on the arteries or veins.

It does not specifically look at preventing blood clots in:

• children or young people under 18 years old
• adults who are at risk of developing blood clots for reasons other than having an operation.

Responsibility for undertaking a review of this guidance at the designated review date has passed to the National Clinical Guidelines Centre for Acute and Chronic Conditions (NCGCACC). The National Collaborating Centre for Acute Care is no longer active.

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