13/89/23 - A programme of high priority umbrella reviews in the diagnosis and treatment of Peripheral Vascular Disease: an NHS partnership with the Cochrane PVD Review Group

Research type: Evidence Synthesis

Start date: July 2014

Publication date: January 2018

Cost: £272,966.00

Contractor: The Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 

Publications 

• Oral direct thrombin inhibitors or factor Xa inhibitors for the treatment of pulmonary embolism 
• Outpatient versus inpatient treatment for acute pulmonary embolism (in the Cochrane Library via Wiley Online)
• Pharmacomechanical thrombectomy for iliofemoral deep vein thrombosis
• Stent graft types for endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms
• Surgery for small asymptomatic abdominal aortic aneurysms 
• Thrombolysis for acute deep vein thrombosis
• Transperitoneal versus retroperitoneal approach for elective open abdominal aortic aneurysm repair