Title

Prophylactic measures for reducing deep vein thrombosis risk in post-operative critical care patients

Authors

Robin Abraham¹, B. Mahalakshmi^2,* & N. Siva Subramanian³

Affiliation

¹Department of Medical & surgical Nursing, Nootan College of Nursing, Sankalchand Patel University, Visnagar, Gujarat - 384315; India; ²Department of Pediatric Nursing, Nootan College of Nursing, Sankalchand Patel University, Visnagar, Gujarat – 384315, India; ³Department of Psychiatric Nursing, Nootan College of Nursing, Sankalchand Patel University, Visnagar, Gujarat – 384315, India; *Corresponding author

Email

Robin Abraham - E - mail: robycoo189@gmail.com
B. Mahalakshmi - E - mail: mb.fn@spu.ac.in
N Sivasubramanian - E - mail: sn.fn@spu.ac.in

Article Type

Research Article

Date

Received October 1, 2025; Revised October 31, 2025; Accepted October 31, 2025, Published October 31, 2025

Abstract

The effect of knee-length DVT stockings and structured leg exercises in reducing the risk of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) is of interest. Participants were randomly divided into experimental (n=60) and control (n=60) groups and DVT risk was assessed using the Modified Caprini Risk Score at baseline and Wells Criteria post-intervention. Baseline scores were comparable, confirming group homogeneity, but post-intervention analysis showed a significant reduction in DVT probability in the experimental group. The mean Wells score was 0.82 for the experimental group compared to 5.37 in the control group, with p < 0.001 indicating a highly significant difference. Data shows that simple, non-pharmacological interventions can effectively lower DVT risk in high-risk surgical patients and should be incorporated into routine post-operative care to reduce thromboembolic complications.

Keywords

Deep vein thrombosis (DVT), post-operative patients, critical care units, knee-length compression stockings, leg exercises

Citation

Abraham et al. Bioinformation 21(10): 3554-3558 (2025)

Edited by

P Kangueane

ISSN

0973-2063

Publisher

Biomedical Informatics

License

This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.