1Assistant Professor, Apollo College of Nursing, The Tamilnadu Dr. MGR Medical University, Guindy, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
2Professor, Fundamentals of Nursing Department, Apollo College of Nursing, The Tamilnadu Dr. MGR Medical University, Guindy, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
3Vice Principal, Apollo College of Nursing, The Tamilnadu Dr. MGR Medical University
4Principal Apollo College of Nursing, The Tamilnadu Dr. MGR Medical University, Guindy, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
A deep-vein thrombosis (DVT) is a blood clot that forms within the deep veins, usually of the leg, but can occur in the arms and the mesenteric and cerebral veins. Deep-vein thrombosis is a common and important disease. Deep-vein thrombosis is a major medical problem accounting for most cases of pulmonary embolism1 The present study aims to determine the risk for deep vein thrombosis and the preventive strategies among patients admitted in critical care unit.2
The objective of the study is to determine the determine the risk for deep vein thrombosis and the preventive strategies among patients admitted in critical care unit.
A Cross sectional descriptive research design was adopted for the study. The study was carried out on 50 samples of critical care patients at Apollo Hospitals, Chennai After obtaining the setting permission and informed consent from participants, data was collected using pretested and validated tools such as background variable proforma of adults such as age, gender, religion, marital status, occupation, monthly income, educational status, type of family and Health insurance and clinical variables of adults such as height, weight, BMI, PT, PTT, INR, BT, CT and D-dime. WELLS Criteria to assess the Risk level of DVT among Critical Care Patients. Observation Check list to assess the Practice of Preventive strategies for DVT among Critical Care Patients Data was collected by a self -administration method using questionnaire method. The main data collection was done after determining feasibility and practicability by pilot study. The data was tabulated and analysed by using descriptive and inferential statistics.
The majority of the critical care patients had low level risk for development of deep vein thrombosis (70%), 28% of them had moderate risk and 2% of them are high risk respectively.
The study determines the relationship between aims to determine the risk for deep vein thrombosis and the preventive strategies among patients admitted in critical care unit.
Patients, Risk factors, Preventive Strategies, Critical Care
