Resources : Health Professional

Please review these resources for Health Professionals from our member organizations:
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DVT Awareness Campaign Materials

Focus on Blood Clots information card for the general public- Public Piece (PDF)
VTE a Brief Overview card for Health Professionals - Health Professional Piece (PDF)

You may order hard copies of each of these through our online store.

Surgeon General's Call to Action

Watch the video of the VDC's Second Annual Meeting where Acting Surgeon General Steven K. Galson issues the "Surgeon General's Call to Action for the Prevention of DVT and PE."

Slide Presentations

VTE Consumer Awareness Presentation - click here to download the .ppt file (file sizes are large and may take several minutes to download)

Guidelines

ACCP Guidelines

Download the new 2008 American College of Chest Physicians Clinical Practice Guidelines (8th Edition) for Venous Thromboembolic Disease as published in CHEST, July 2008.

AHRQ Guidelines

AHRQ VTE Guidelines: Preventing Hospital-Acquired Venous Thromboembolism: A Guide for Effective Quality Improvement

Journal of Clinical Oncology Guidelines

American Society of Clinical Oncology Guideline: Recommendations for Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis and Treatment in Patients With Cancer

VDC Member Resources:

American Venous Forum - Call to Action

Journal of Vascular Surgery (Volume 49, Number 6) - Call to action to prevent venous thromboembolism

SIR Resources

Society of Interventional Radiology Position Statement:
Treatment of Acute Iliofemoral Deep Vein Thrombosis with Use of AdjunctiveCatheter-directed Intrathrombus Thrombolysis

NATT Resources

National Alliance for Thrombosis and Thrombophilia (NATT) has a number of professional resources available on their Web site.