CORR Insights®: Rotational Thromboelastometry Findings Are Associated with Symptomatic Venous Thromboembolic Complications after Hip Fracture Surgery.

For example, a plan to decrease VTE risk by aggressive anticoagulation and mobilization in a hypercoagulable patient with hip fracture would certainly be limited preoperatively since the patient cannot be over-anticoagulated for the operating room and certainly cannot mobilize well because of the hip fracture. CORR Insights®: Rotational Thromboelastometry Findings Are Associated with Symptomatic Venous Thromboembolic Complications after Hip Fracture Surgery Certainly, any patients symptomatic for PE would also be screened with CT angiography, and it may also seem reasonable to do CT angiography on any patients with abnormal ROTEM results. [Extracted from the article]