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Are you more permissive of perioperative interruption of anticoagulation for VTE depending on the location and relative chronicity of the thrombus?

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What is your approach to optimizing pre-operative hemoglobin in patients with sickle cell disease?

How do you decide between simple transfusion and red cell exchange?While the 2020 ASH Guidelines provide some conditional guidance on transfusion supp...

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Do you routinely use higher-dose VTE prophylaxis in patients admitted with traumatic orthopedic injuries undergoing surgery?

For example, would you recommend using enoxaparin 30 mg BID instead of 40 mg QD?

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Blood Adv, 2020 Jan 28

American Society of Hematology 2020 guidelines for sickle cell disease: transfusion support.

Journal of thrombosis and haemostasis : JTH, 2008-08

Comparison between idiopathic deep vein thrombosis of the upper and lower extremity regarding risk factors and recurrence.

BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 2011 May 24

Influence of preceding length of anticoagulant treatment and initial presentation of venous thromboembolism on risk of recurrence after stopping treatment: analysis of individual participants' data from seven trials.

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