Assessment of risk of venous thromboembolism and its possible prevention in psychiatric patients

Abstract

Based on the literature regarding non-urgical and surgical patients with respect to specificities in mental disorders (obesity induced with psychotropic drugs, possible catatonia, physical restraint, potential dehydration, antipsychotic treatment), a scoring system and a synoptic algorithm of prevention of venous thromboembolism modified for hospitalized psychiatric patients, were suggested. Economic data support implementation of a proposed decision procedure into psychiatric clinical practice.