Computer alert stops clots in hospital patients

An alert that pops up when doctors place orders on the hospital's computer system may help prevent blood clots in high-risk patients, according to a report in The New England Journal of Medicine. Limited movement, certain drugs, recent surgery, and diseases, such as cancer, are among the risk factors for blood clots in hospitalized patients...

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