“The ACCP recommends postcesarean anticoagulant prophylaxis for women with one major or at least two minor factors for VTE, but it does not specifically consider IBD a risk factor for VTE,” he said.
At the same time, he continued, the United Kingdom’s Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists includes IBD as an intermediate risk factor for consideration of anticoagulation prophylaxis.
Dr. Grotegut reported having no relevant financial disclosures.
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