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BET 1. FLIGHT DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS PROPHYLAXIS IN LOWER LIMB INJURY
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Report by: Helen Blackhurst, SpR in Emergency Medicine
Search checked by: Suzan Oakley, Staff Grade in Emergency Medicine
Institution: Frenchay Hospital and Royal Glamorgan Hospital
THREE-PART QUESTION
In [patients with a recent significant lower limb trauma about to fly] is [prophylaxis with aspirin or low molecular weight heparin] indicated [to reduce the incidence of deep vein thrombosis]?
CLINICAL SCENARIO
A …