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sciolycaptain t1_j7wh7qj wrote

Reply to comment by Hapgam in According to a study on 12,211 patients, aspirin is just as effective at preventing blood clots as low molecular weight heparin, but it costs less and is easier to administer by giuliomagnifico

This study is in line with previous studies comparing aspirin to LMWH in this specific population of orthopedic trauma.

This was a larger number enrolled and showed low dose aspirin is non-inferior to LMWH for all cause mortality. But LMWH had lower instances of DVT and PE.

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SodaRayne t1_j7wpb7g wrote

> DVT and PE.

Deep Vein Thrombosis and Pulmonary Edema?

edit: That's what I get for reading the comments before the article. Deep venous thromboembolism (DVT) is listed in the first sentence.

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ThreeBlindRice t1_j7wtpzq wrote

Pulmonary embolism*.

Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is the better umbrella term.

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SodaRayne t1_j7wwbwp wrote

Thank you. Yeah, not sure why my brain jumped to edema, given the topic. Crossed wires I guess, but then that's also why I like to confirm initialisms.

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