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The Surgical Care Improvement Project (SCIP) partnership is an American multi-year national campaign to substantially reduce surgical mortality and morbidity through collaborative efforts between healthcare organizations. The campaign began in August 2005 with the original goal of reducing the national incidence of surgical complications by 25% ...
On average 28,726 hospitalized adults aged 18 and older with a VTE blood clot diagnosis die each year. [12] Risk of thrombosis is related to hospitalization. [ 4 ] In 2005 the UK the Parliamentary Health Select Committee determined the annual rate of death due to thrombosis was 25,000 with at least 50% being hospital-acquired.
People who have cancer have a higher risk of VTE and may respond differently to anticoagulant preventative treatments and prevention measures. [36] The American Society of Hematology strongly suggests that people undergoing chemotherapy for cancer who are at low risk of a VTE avoid medications to prevent thrombosis (thromboprophylaxis). [37]
The mainstay of VTE management is anticoagulation therapy, which prevents thrombus propagation and embolization. Such treatment reduces the risk of recurrence. [5] [4] [1] The choice and duration of anticoagulation depend on the individual patient's risk factors, bleeding risk, and preferences.
SCIP (optimization software); an optimization software for mixed-integer programs; SCIP database; listing potentially hazardous waste and maintained by the European Chemicals Agency; Secure Communications Interoperability Protocol; a cryptographic communication standard; Surgical Care Improvement Project; a medical program in the US
Primordial prevention refers to all measures designed to prevent the development of risk factors in the first place, early in life, [16] [17] and even preconception, as Ruth A. Etzel has described it "all population-level actions and measures that inhibit the emergence and establishment of adverse environmental, economic, and social conditions".
The origin of the term "Virchow's Triad" is of historical interest, and has been subject to reinterpretation in recent years. [7] While both Virchow's and the modern triads describe thrombosis, the previous triad has been characterized as "the consequences of thrombosis", and the modern triad as "the causes of thrombosis".
CREST syndrome, also known as the limited cutaneous form of systemic sclerosis (lcSSc), is a multisystem connective tissue disorder.The acronym "CREST" refers to the five main features: calcinosis, Raynaud's phenomenon, esophageal dysmotility, sclerodactyly, and telangiectasia.