Management of Venous Thromboembolism

  1. Richard Schreiber, MD
  1. From Internists of Central Pennsylvania, Lemoyne, PA 17043.

    TO THE EDITOR:

    I am surprised that the recently published guidelines on treatment of venous thromboembolic disease (1) do not include some comments about the added safety of LMWH compared with unfractionated heparin. There is clearly a lower incidence of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia with LMWHs (2–4). …

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    1. Ann Intern Med October 2, 2007 vol. 147 no. 7 519
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