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  • Title: Deep vein thrombosis in acute spinal cord injury.
    Author: Agarwal NK, Mathur N.
    Journal: Spinal Cord; 2009 Oct; 47(10):769-72. PubMed ID: 19365397.
    Abstract:
    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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