DVT risk level | Caprini score | Prophylaxis |
Low | 0 - 1 | Early ambulation; |
Moderate | 2 | (1) Dirigation including ankle pump movement, straight-leg-raising movement; (2) Basic prophylaxis such as early ambulation, raising the lower extremities 30 degrees, keeping the lower extremities warming and health education for patients; (3) IPC. |
High | 3 - 4 | (1) Dirigation; (2) Basic prophylaxis; (3) For patients who were not at high risk of bleeding complication: low-molecular-weight heparin (LMWH), or IPC; (4) For patients who were at high risk of bleeding complication: IPC. |
Highest | ≥5 | (1) Dirigation; (2) Basic prophylaxis; (3) For patients who were not at high risk for bleeding complication: LMWH, and IPC or ES; (4) For patients who were at high risk for bleeding complication: IPC or ES; (5) For patients in whom both LMWH and unfractionated heparin are contraindicated or unavailable and who are not at high risk for bleeding complication: low-dose aspirin, fondaparinux, and IPC or ES. |