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4 questions · 4 findings · 3 reviews

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Low molecular weight heparin vs vitamin K antagonist (VKA)

Major bleeding · people with cancer with thrombosis prophylaxis and central venous catheters

It is very uncertain whether low‐molecular‐weight heparin (LMWH) changes major bleeding (up to 3 months) compared with vitamin K antagonist (VKA) (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Subcutaneous unfractionated heparin vs low molecular weight heparin

Major bleedingd (3 months) · people aged ≥ 18 years with a diagnosis of new or recurrent VTE

Subcutaneous unfractionated heparin showed no clear difference in major bleedingd (3 months) compared with low molecular weight heparin (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Low molecular weight heparin vs vitamin K antagonist (VKA)

Major bleeding · patients with symptomatic VTE requiring long term treatment (3 months) for symptomatic VTE

LMWH may leads to lower incidence of major bleeding (treatment duration 3 months) compared with VKA (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review