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. 2008 Oct;4(5):1081–1087. doi: 10.2147/vhrm.s2831

Table 2.

Management based on risk score (the sum of risk points in Table 1)

Risk score 0 No treatment
Risk score 1 No treatment
Risk score 2 Short term (7 days) LMH prophylaxis after delivery or during immobilization
Risk score 3 6 weeks of LWH prophylaxis after delivery*
Risk score ≥4 Antepartum prophylaxis, and at least 6 weeks postpartum**
“Very high risk” High dose antepartum prophylaxis and at least 12 weeks of puerpal prophylaxis***

*Initiated 4 hours after delivery.

**Women with anamnesis of VTE initiate the antepartum prophylaxis during second trimester.

***Prophylaxis is initiated as early as possible and sometimes before pregnancy.