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Published on: July 16, 2015
Deep vein thrombosis in acute spinal cord injury
1Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Rehabilitation Research Centre (RRC), SMS Medical College & Hospital, Jaipur, Rajasthan 302004, India.
Study Design:
Randomized study.
Objectives:
To find out the incidence of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) in acute spinal cord injury (SCI) patients with and without therapeutic prophylaxis.
Setting:
Patients admitted in the department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, SMS Medical College, Jaipur, India.
Methods:
All 297 patients received physical therapy measures and were randomly divided into two groups. 166 patients received prophylactic heparin, whereas 131 patients did not.
Results:
A total of three cases (1.8%) in study group and four cases (3%) in control group developed DVT. This difference was statistically insignificant (P>0.05).
Conclusion:
Incidence of DVT in SCI is low in our study.
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