ASPIRIN PROPHYLAXIS OF VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM AFTER TOTAL HIP-REPLACEMENT
ASPIRIN PROPHYLAXIS OF VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM AFTER TOTAL HIP-REPLACEMENT
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DOI:
10.1056/nejm197712082972302
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发表时间:
1977-01-01
影响因子:
158.5
通讯作者:
DESANCTIS, RW
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作者:
HARRIS, WH;SALZMAN, EW;DESANCTIS, RW
Aspirin prophylaxis against venous thromboembolism was assessed in a prospective, controlled, double-blind study of patients over 40 yr of age who had undergone total hip replacement. Radiographic phlebography was the diagnostic end point. Thromboembolism developed in 11 of 44 patients receiving aspirin as compared to 23 of 51 receiving the placebo (P < 0.03). Unexpectedly this protection was limited to men. In 4 of 23 men on aspirin, thrombi developed as compared to 14 of 25 receiving placebo (P < 0.01). Corresponding figures for women were 7 of 21 vs. 9 of 26. Review of a similar group of patients receiving aspirin revealed significantly greater protection (P < 0.03) in men (3 of 15) than in women (15 of 27). Statistically significant prophylaxis is established in men over the age of 40 by 600 mg of aspirin given twice daily. The absence of a protective effect in women remains unexplained.