Intensive Care Unit Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis
Identifying Attributes
Care Settings
Country
Publishing Organisation
Type of Quality Indicator
IOM Quality Dimension
Domain
Defining Attributes
Definition
This measure assesses the number of patients who received Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) prophylaxis or have documentation why no VTE prophylaxis was given the day of or the day after the initial admission (or transfer) to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) or surgery end date for surgeries that start the day of or the day after ICU admission (or transfer).
Numerator
Inpatient hospitalisations for patients who received timely VTE prophylaxis.
Denominator
Inpatient hospitalisations for patients directly admitted or transferred to ICU during the hospitalisation.
Exclusions
Inpatient hospitalisations for patients who have a hospital length of stay (LOS) less than 2 days. Inpatient hospitalisations for patients with a principal procedure of surgical care improvement Project (SCIP) VTE selected surgeries that end the day of or the day after ICU admission or transfer. Inpatient hospitalisations for patients with comfort measures documented anytime between the day of arrival and the day after ICU admission or transfer. Inpatient hospitalisations for patients with comfort measures documented by the day after surgery end date for surgeries that end the day of or the day after ICU admission or transfer.
Use of Risk Adjustment
Risk Adjustments
None
Stratifications
None
Collection and Reporting Attributes
Type of Data Collection
Data Collection Methods
Electronic health data, paper patient medical records
Frequency of Data Collection
Frequency of Data Collection in Days
Reporting Methods
Care Compare