Compression stockings in addition to low-molecular-weight heparin to prevent venous thromboembolism in surgical inpatients requiring pharmacoprophylaxis: the GAPS non-inferiority RCT

Shalhoub, Joseph; Lawton, Rebecca; Hudson, Jemma; Baker, Christopher; Bradbury, Andrew; Dhillon, Karen; Everington, Tamara; Gohel, Manjit S; Hamady, Zaed; Hunt, Beverly J; Stansby, Gerard; Warwick, David; Norrie, John; Davies, Alun H

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Low-dose low-molecular-weight heparin was non-inferior in reducing venous thromboembolism events in surgical patients at medium or high risk compared with use of graduated compression stockings in addition to heparin.

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Joseph Shalhoub ¹, Rebecca Lawton ¹, Jemma Hudson ², Christopher Baker ³, Andrew Bradbury ⁴, Karen Dhillon ³, Tamara Everington ⁵, Manjit S Gohel ^1,⁶, Zaed Hamady ⁷, Beverly J Hunt ⁸, Gerard Stansby ⁹, David Warwick ¹⁰, John Norrie ¹¹, Alun H Davies ^1,^*

¹ Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, London, UK
² Health Services Research Unit, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK
³ Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK
⁴ College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
⁵ Department of Haematology, Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Basingstoke, UK
⁶ Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK
⁷ Southampton HPB Unit, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, UK
⁸ Department of Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
⁹ Northern Vascular Unit, Freeman Hospital, The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
¹⁰ Department of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, UK
¹¹ Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
^* Corresponding author Email: a.h.davies@imperial.ac.uk

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