Table 2.
Estimated proportion of women recommended postpartum thromboprophylaxis according to international guidelines
| Guideline | Year | Jurisdiction | Estimated proportion of women recommended postpartum thromboprophylaxis (N = 20 775) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total (N = 21 019) | Cesarean delivery (n = 6717) | Vaginal delivery (n = 14 302) | ||||||
| n | % (95% CI) | n | % (95% CI) | n | % (95% CI) | |||
| Australia and New Zealand 48 | 2012 | Australia and New Zealand | 4895 | 23 (23‐24) | 4559 | 68 (67‐69) | 336 | 2.3 (2.1‐2.6) |
| American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) 40 | 2012 | United States | 1521 | 7 (6.9‐7.6) | 1435 | 21 (20‐22) | 86 | 0.6 (0.5‐0.7) |
| American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) 51 | 2018 | United States | 1678 | 8 (7.6‐8.4) | 1594 | 24 (23‐25) | 84 | 0.6 (0.5‐0.7) |
| National Partnership for Maternal Safety (NPMS) 58 | 2016 | United States | 4381 | 21 (20‐21) | 4268 | 63 (62‐65) | 113 | 0.8 (0.7‐1.0) |
| Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) 24 | 2015 | United Kingdom | 7858 | 37 (37‐38) | 5673 | 85 (84‐85) | 2185 | 15 (15‐16) |
| Swedish Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology (SFOG) 42 | 2011 | Sweden | 2302 | 11 (11‐11) | 2074 | 31 (30‐32) | 228 | 1.6 (1.4‐1.8) |
| Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of Canada (SOGC) 59 | 2014 | Canada | 3091 | 15 (14‐15) | 2306 | 34 (33‐36) | 785 | 5.5 (5.1‐5.9) |
Reproduced, with permission, from O'Shaughnessy et al.36