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Caprini venous thromboembolism risk assessment score
Procedure:
- 1 point for
- age 41-60 years
- minor surgery
- BMI > 25
- lower extremity edema
- varicose veins
- recent or current pregnancy
- estrogen use
- recurrent spontaneous abortion
- sepsis within the last month
- pneumonia within the last month
- severe lung disease
- abnormal pulmonary function
- inflammatory bowel disease
- acute myocardial infarction
- heart failure within last month
- medical patient at bed rest
- 2 points for
- age 61-74 years
- arthroscopic surgery
- major surgery lasting > 45 minutes
- malignancy
- bedrest for > 72 hours
- immobilizing orthopedic cast
- central venous catheter
- 3 points for
- age >= 75 years
- personal history of venous thromboembolism
- family history of venous thromboembolism
- thrombophilia (congenital or acquired)
- heparin-induced thrombocytopenia
- 5 points for
- stroke or spinal cord injury within last month
- elective arthroplasty
- hip fracture
- pelvic fracture
- leg fracture
General
numerical rating scale (NRS)
References
- Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 17, 18.
American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 2015, 2018.
- Bahl V, Hu HM, Henke PK, Wakefield TW, Campbell DA, Caprini JA
A validation study of a retrospective venous thromboembolism
risk scoring method.
Ann Surg. 2010 Feb;251(2):344-50.
PMID: 19779324