DVT prophylaxis question

[Roy Danks]

Absolutely needed DVT prophylaxis.  Should be 30 mg BID...but depends on BMI.  30 BID assumes "normal" BMI range...ie, not obese or beyond AND normal renal function

See:  Optimal Dose of Enoxaparin in Critically Ill Trauma and Surgical Patients
Journal of Trauma-Injury Infection & Critical Care. 58(6):1167-1170, June 2005.
Rutherford, Edmund J. MD; Schooler, Wesley G. MD; Sredzienski, Edward MSPharm; Abrams, Jeffrey E. MD; Skeete, Dionne A. MD 
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