Introduction to the ninth edition: Antithrombotic Therapy and Prevention of Thrombosis, 9th ed: American College of Chest Physicians Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines

Chest. 2012 Feb;141(2 Suppl):48S-52S. doi: 10.1378/chest.11-2286.

Abstract

The Antithrombotic Therapy and Prevention of Thrombosis, 9th ed: American College of Chest Physicians Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines differs substantially from the prior versions both in process and in content. In this introduction, we describe some of the differences and the rationale for the changes.

Publication types

  • Introductory Journal Article

MeSH terms

  • Conflict of Interest
  • Diffusion of Innovation
  • Evidence-Based Medicine*
  • Fibrinolytic Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Humans
  • Practice Guidelines as Topic*
  • Societies, Medical*
  • Thrombosis / drug therapy*
  • Thrombosis / prevention & control*
  • United States

Substances

  • Fibrinolytic Agents