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Patients with severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) are at significant risk of developing venous thromboembolic complications. The risk has been estimated to 20% in the absence of any prophylaxis (Knudson et al. 2004). Another review found an estimated risk of pulmonary embolism (PE) of 0.38% among patients with severe TBI (Page et al. 2004). Unfortunately, we only have publications supporting Level III evidence in this high risk population of trauma patients.
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Steiness, M.Z. (2012). Prophylaxis Against Venous Thromboembolism in Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury. In: Sundstrom, T., Grände, PO., Juul, N., Kock-Jensen, C., Romner, B., Wester, K. (eds) Management of Severe Traumatic Brain Injury. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-28126-6_66
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