Determination of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) risk in postoperative patients

The descriptive study was performed to determine the risk of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) in postoperative patients. The data of the study was conducted in Istanbul University of Health Sciences Haydarpaşa Numune Training and Research Hospital between May-June 2018 in a total of 240 patients. Thirty patients from each of the clinics of Brain and Nerve Surgery, General Surgery, Thoracic Surgery, Gynecology and Obstetrics, Transplantation, Orthopedics and Traumatology, Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery and Urology were studied. Data were collected using the Patient Identification Form and Autar DVT Risk Diagnostic Scale (Autar DVTRAS). Ethics committee permission, written permission from the institution and Istanbul Provincial Health Directorate informed verbal and written informed consent were obtained from the patients participating in the study for the implementation of the study. Patients with DVT, PTE or thrombophlebitis were not included in the study. In order to compare the quantitative data, Oneway Anova test was used for the comparison of the quantitative data and Tukey HDS test if the variances of the groups were homogeneous, and if the homogeneity was not homogeneous, Tamhane's T2 Test was used for the comparison of descriptive statistical methods (Mean, Standard deviation, frequency). Student t test was used to compare the parameters between the two groups. Chi-square test was used to compare qualitative data. Significance was evaluated at p <0.05. According to the data, the majority of patients were male. DVT prophylaxis was not applied to 66.3% of the patients. LMWH (Low Molecular Weight Heparin) was applied to 23.3% of patients who had DVT prophylaxis. When the average age distribution of the patients is examined, it is mainly composed of 18-30 age range. When the distribution of patients included in the study according to the Autar DVT Risk Scale total score interpretations was examined, the majority of the patients were found to be low risk. As a result, there is a significant difference according to the ranking sections according to the average of DVT risk scores. Accordingly, the mean score of the transplantation department (9.87 ± 3.31), general surgery (15.03 ± 5.09), thoracic surgery (16.13 ± 6.79) and urology (14.07 ± 5.98) were significantly lower than the clinics). It was found that the mean scores did not show a significant difference between the other clinics. Keywords; Risk of deep vein thrombosis, Autar DVT Risk Diagnostic Scale (2002), surgical clinic.