7. Educational interventions.
| Outcomes | Number of studies | Risk Difference (RD) | 95% Confidence interval | Events, intervention | Events, control |
| Received prophylaxis | 1 | ‐0.02 | (‐0.09 to 0.05) | 252/513 | 175/342 |
| Received appropriate prophylaxis | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ |
| Venous thromboembolism outcomes | Number of studies | Risk Ratio (RR) | 95% Confidence interval | Events, intervention | Events, control |
| Symptomatic VTE | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ |
| Symptomatic DVT | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ |
| Symptomatic PE | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ |
| Asymptomatic DVT | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ |
| Asymptomatic PE | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ |
| Mortality | Number of studies | Risk Ratio (RR) | 95% Confidence interval | Events, intervention | Events, control |
| All‐cause mortality | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ |
| Sudden death | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ |
| Safety outcomes | Number of studies | Risk Ratio (RR) | 95% Confidence interval | Events, intervention | Events, control |
| Major bleeding | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ |
| Minor bleeding | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ |
| Thrombocytopenia | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ | ‐ |
| Anderson 1994 CME group | |||||
DVT: deep vein thrombosis PE: pulmonary embolism VTE: venous thromboembolism