| HSC Safety Forum (Northern Ireland): | www.publichealth.hscni.net |
| Kings thrombosis centre (England): | www.kingsthrombosiscentre.org.uk |
| Patient information leaflets: | NHS Choices website: Deep Vein Thrombosis. NHS Choices website: Pulmonary Embolism Patient.co.uk website: Prevention of Deep Vein Thrombosis Patient.co.uk website: Deep Vein Thrombosis Patient.co.uk website: Pulmonary Embolism |
| NICE guidelines on the management and prevention of VTE can be found via these links: |
https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng89 https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng158 |
| Nice have also recently produced Quality statements for VTE management which can be found here: | https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/qs3 |
| SIGN have a single document for the Management and prevention of VTE which can be found here: | https://www.sign.ac.uk/media/1060/sign122.pdf |
| British Orthopaedic Association: | https://www.boa.ac.uk/standards-guidance/guidance-documents.html |
| Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists have produced the following 4 guidelines: |
Thrombosis and Embolism during Pregnancy and the Puerperium, Reducing the Risk (Green-top Guideline No. 37a: Thrombosis and Embolism during Pregnancy and the Puerperium, the Acute Management of (Green-top Guideline No. 37b) Venous Thromboembolism and Hormonal Contraception (Green-top Guideline No. 40) Venous Thromboembolism and Hormone Replacement Therapy (Green-top Guideline No. 19) |
| British Thoracic Society guidelines for the management of suspected acute pulmonary embolism | http://thorax.bmj.com/content/58/6/470.full.pdf+html |
| There are also some relevant international guidelines to consider | |
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| Current ACCP guidelines: | http://www.chestnet.org/Guidelines-and-Resources/Guidelines-and-Consensus-Statements/Antithrombotic-Guidelines-9th-Ed |