Symptomatic VTE · people requiring prevention of venous thromboembolism following total hip or knee replacement or hip fracture repair
Heparin showed no clear difference in symptomatic VTE (DVT and PE) Treatment duration 28 ‐ 42 days compared with placebo (high certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Asymptomatic VTE at 3 months · people aged ≥ 18 years with a diagnosis of new or recurrent VTE
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
No studies found
Asymptomatic VTE at 3 months · people aged ≥ 18 years with a diagnosis of new or recurrent VTE
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
No studies found
Symptomatic recurrent VTE at 3 months · people aged ≥ 18 years with a diagnosis of new or recurrent VTE
Subcutaneous unfractionated heparin showed no clear difference in symptomatic recurrent VTE at 3 months compared with intravenous unfractionated heparin (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Symptomatic recurrent VTE at 3 months · people aged ≥ 18 years with a diagnosis of new or recurrent VTE
Subcutaneous unfractionated heparin showed no clear difference in symptomatic recurrent VTE at 3 months compared with low molecular weight heparin (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Symptomatic VTE
Heparin prophylaxis leads to lower symptomatic VTE compared with no prophylaxis (high certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Symptomatic VTE · ambulatory cancer patients receiving chemotherapy
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
No studies found
Symptomatic VTE · ambulatory cancer patients receiving chemotherapy
Low‐molecular‐weight heparin showed no clear difference in symptomatic VTE compared with with active control (1) (low certainty).
3 findings from 1 review
RR 2.89 [0.12, 66.75]
1 study · 51 participants
Low
RR 0.51 [0.22, 1.17]
2 studies · 781 participants
Moderate
RR 0.33 [0.14, 0.83]
1 study · 439 participants
High
Symptomatic VTE · ambulatory cancer patients receiving chemotherapy
Low‐molecular‐weight heparin leads to lower symptomatic VTE compared with no thromboprophylaxis (high certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Symptomatic VTE · ambulatory cancer patients receiving chemotherapy
Ultra‐low‐molecular‐weight heparin leads to lower symptomatic VTE compared with placebo (high certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Intervention not reported
Symptomatic VTE · patients undergoing abdominal or pelvic surgery
The intervention showed no clear difference in symptomatic VTE (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Symptomatic VTE · people requiring prevention of venous thromboembolism following total hip or knee replacement or hip fracture repair
Vitamin K antagonists showed no clear difference in symptomatic VTE (DVT and PE) Treatment duration 28 ‐ 42 days compared with heparin (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Symptomatic VTE · people requiring prevention of venous thromboembolism following total hip or knee replacement or hip fracture repair
DOAC showed no clear difference in symptomatic VTE (DVT and PE) Treatment duration 28 ‐ 42 days compared with heparin (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review