Complications related to deep venous thrombosis prophylaxis in trauma: a systematic review of the literature

Table 3 Summary of studies reporting bleeding events with mechanical device thromboprophylaxis

Study	Design	No. of Patients with IPC	Non Fatal Bleeding Rate	Fatal Bleeding Rate
Knudson et al. 1996[20]	Randomized	61	0%	0%
	SCD vs. LMWH 30 mg SC BID
	Multi-system trauma, ISS > 10
Ginzburg et al. 2003[19]	Randomized	224	8 (3.5%)	0%
	IPC vs. LMWH 30 mg SC BID
	Multi-system trauma, ISS ≥ 9
Kurtoglu et al. 2004[13]	Randomized	60	1 (1.7%)	0%
	IPC vs. LMWH 40 mg SC QD
	Head & Spinal Trauma
Total		345	9 (2.6%)	0%

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