Identifying Medically Ill Patients at Risk for VTE Who Also Have Lower Bleed Risk

Target Audience

This activity has been designed to address the educational needs of cardiologists, hospitalists, interventional cardiologists, internists, primary care physicians (PCPs), clinical pharmacists, hematologists, and other clinicians who are involved or interested in the medical management of patients with venous thromboembolism (VTE) and/or at risk for VTE.

Program Overview

Faculty discuss the use of validated VTE and bleeding risk assessment models to inform thromboprophylaxis decisions.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

• Describe recommended VTE screening strategies for hospitalized medically ill patients, such as patient VTE risk-stratification tools, criteria, and other evidence-based methods