Saves the questions and what to expect into your notes, next to the visit they belong to.
Keep this study
Lead
Lisa Louwers
Age
18–any
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
You may be eligible if
age \> 18 years old
admission to the surgical intensive care unit
admitting physician is a surgeon or patient is status-post a surgical procedure
You may not be if
age \< 18 years old
inability to obtain informed consent from patient or legal representative within 24 hours of SICU admission
patient admitted to neurosurgery or status-post a neurosurgical procedure
patient status-post an orthopedic procedure
patient admitted with a primary diagnosis of trauma
patient with a history of a bleeding disorder or other contraindication to even low-dose anticoagulation medicine including a history of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia verified with a positive serotonin-release assay or have a high clinical suspicion of new onset heparin-induced thrombocytopenia resulting in the discontinuation of heparin or enoxaparin by the treating physicians
patients on current full anticoagulation medications including a heparin drip or warfarin
