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Review: once daily LMWH is as effective as twice daily LMWH for initial treatment of venous thromboembolism

https://doi.org/10.1136/ebn.9.2.51

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    van Dongen, CJ, Mac Gillavry MR, Prins MH. Once versus twice daily LMWH for the initial treatment of venous thromboembolism. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2005;(3):CD003074.

    Q Is once daily low molecular weight heparin (LMWH) as effective (for reducing recurrent venous thromboembolism [VTE]) and as safe (with respect to major haemorrhagic events) as twice daily LMWH in the initial treatment of VTE?

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    Cochrane Peripheral Vascular Diseases Specialized Trials Register (up to April 2005), Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL) (Cochrane Library, Issue 1, 2005), Medline (up to April 2005), EMBASE/Excerpta Medica (up to April 2005), and bibliographies of relevant articles.

    Embedded ImageStudy selection and assessment:

    randomised controlled trials (RCTs) in any language that compared (in an intention to treat analysis) once daily with twice daily use of a fixed dose of …

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    Footnotes

    • For correspondence: MrC J van Dongen, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. c.j.vandongen{at}amc.uva.nl

    • Source of funding: Scottish Executive UK.