Abstract:The 2020 Congress of the International Society of Thrombosis and Haemostasis (ISTH) was held virtually July 12-15, 2019, due to the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. The congress convenes annually to discuss clinical and basic topics in hemostasis and thrombosis. Each year, the program includes State of Art (SOA) lectures given by prominent scientists. Presenters are asked to create Illustrated Capsules of their talks, which are concise illustrations with minimal explanatory text. Capsules cover major themes … Show more
“…[ 12 ] Despite good evidence to support thromboprophylaxis to prevent HA-VTE, implementation has proven to be more challenging. The VTE prevention pathway involves 4 steps as illustrated in Figure 1 [ 13 ]: assess the patient’s risk of VTE at admission (and when clinical condition changes), counsel patient regarding VTE risk and how to reduce the risk, prescribe appropriate thromboprophylaxis, and administer appropriate thromboprophylaxis. …”
“…[ 12 ] Despite good evidence to support thromboprophylaxis to prevent HA-VTE, implementation has proven to be more challenging. The VTE prevention pathway involves 4 steps as illustrated in Figure 1 [ 13 ]: assess the patient’s risk of VTE at admission (and when clinical condition changes), counsel patient regarding VTE risk and how to reduce the risk, prescribe appropriate thromboprophylaxis, and administer appropriate thromboprophylaxis. …”
“…Other journals are adopting the format, which is exciting! We also publish State-of-the-Art capsule articles that quickly and clearly summarize a conference and are also popular with our readers [ 3 , 4 ]. Both of these novel formats for publishing will continue with the new editorial team.…”
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