VTE prophylaxis

[epidural man]

Good Article (attached):

Gordon, Ronald J., and Frederick W. Lombard. "Perioperative venous thromboembolism: a review." Anesthesia & Analgesia 125.2 (2017): 403-412.

(although I almost didn't post because the second author has a bunch of ridiculous letters after his name that NO ONE knows what they mean except himself. What a pompous dick...)

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[pgg]

Good Article (attached):

Gordon, Ronald J., and Frederick W. Lombard. "Perioperative venous thromboembolism: a review." Anesthesia & Analgesia 125.2 (2017): 403-412.

(although I almost didn't post because the second author has a bunch of ridiculous letters after his name that NO ONE knows what they mean except himself. What a pompous dick...)

Um

MBChB is bachelor of medicine & surgery or the equivalent of MD in Australia (and the UK? I don't know).

FANZCA I had to google but it looks like their equivalent to the ABA.

So he's a board certified anesthesiologist.

 

[deleted59964]

UK medical degree

fellow of the australian and new zealand college of anaesthetists

hardly pompous, anyway thanks for the link

 

[dhb]

Good Article (attached):

Gordon, Ronald J., and Frederick W. Lombard. "Perioperative venous thromboembolism: a review." Anesthesia & Analgesia 125.2 (2017): 403-412.

(although I almost didn't post because the second author has a bunch of ridiculous letters after his name that NO ONE knows what they mean except himself. What a pompous dick...)

I find it hard to argue about risk reduction when the event has not been clearly quantified.

 

[deleted59964]

I find it hard to argue about risk reduction when the event has not been clearly quantified.

i guess you never got into the volume responsiveness argument / literature then!

 

[deleted697535]

Good Article (attached):

Gordon, Ronald J., and Frederick W. Lombard. "Perioperative venous thromboembolism: a review." Anesthesia & Analgesia 125.2 (2017): 403-412.

(although I almost didn't post because the second author has a bunch of ridiculous letters after his name that NO ONE knows what they mean except himself. What a pompous dick...)

Hmm, there is a world outside the US lads! And fanzca is a fairly prestigious title. Apparently it's a beast of an exam