Table 2.
Questions | Medical directors | Membership | Total | P value |
---|---|---|---|---|
| ||||
What type of VTE prophylaxis do you use for your bariatric patients? | ||||
Chemoprophylaxis and mechanical | 114 (98.3%) | 120 (96%) | 234 (97.1%) | .105 |
Chemoprophylaxis only | 0 (0%) | 4 (3.2%) | 4 (1.7%) | |
Mechanical prophylaxis only | 1 (.9%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (.4%) | |
Other (please define) | 1 (.9%) | 1 (.8%) | 2 (.8%) | |
When do you administer the first dose of the chemoprophylaxis? | ||||
During the operation (after incision) | 1 (.9%) | 1 (.8%) | 2 (.9%) | .983 |
During the operation (before incision) | 7 (6.4%) | 8 (6.5%) | 15 (6.4%) | |
Just before the operation (Preoparea) | 89 (80.9%) | 101 (82.1%) | 190 (81.6%) | |
Only after the operation | 13 (11.8%) | 13 (10.6%) | 26 (11.2%) | |
When do you administer the first postoperative dose of chemoprophylaxis? | ||||
After “X” hours | 18 (16.5%) | 14 (11.4%) | 32 (13.8%) | .476 |
The evening of surgery | 48 (44%) | 54 (43.9%) | 102 (44%) | |
The next morning | 43 (39.5%) | 55 (44.7%) | 98 (42.2%) | |
Do you use extended chemoprophylaxis on discharge? | ||||
No | 17 (14.9%) | 16 (12.7%) | 33 (13.7%) | .425 |
Yes, on all patients | 11 (9.7%) | 19 (15.1%) | 30 (12.5%) | |
Yes, on selective patients | 86 (75.4%) | 91 (72.2%) | 177 (73.8%) | |
For how long? | ||||
1 wk | 3 (3.4%) | 10 (9.4%) | 13 (6.7%) | .462 |
2 wk | 38 (43.2%) | 37 (34.9%) | 75 (38.7%) | |
3 wk | 6 (6.8%) | 7 (6.6%) | 13 (6.7%) | |
4 wk | 24 (27.3%) | 32 (30.2%) | 56 (28.9%) | |
Other | 17 (19.3%) | 20 (18.9%) | 37 (19.1%) |
VTE = venous thromboembolism.
Data are expressed as n (%).
P value is calculated using Chi-square or Fisher’s exact test when appropriate.