PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Joseph F Rappold AU - Forest R Sheppard AU - Samuel P Carmichael II AU - Joseph Cuschieri AU - Eric Ley AU - Erika Rangel AU - Anupamaa J Seshadri AU - Christopher P Michetti TI - Venous thromboembolism prophylaxis in the trauma intensive care unit: an American Association for the Surgery of Trauma Critical Care Committee Clinical Consensus Document AID - 10.1136/tsaco-2020-000643 DP - 2021 Feb 01 TA - Trauma Surgery & Acute Care Open PG - e000643 VI - 6 IP - 1 4099 - http://tsaco.bmj.com/content/6/1/e000643.short 4100 - http://tsaco.bmj.com/content/6/1/e000643.full SO - Trauma Surg Acute Care Open2021 Feb 01; 6 AB - Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a potential sequela of injury, surgery, and critical illness. Patients in the Trauma Intensive Care Unit are at risk for this condition, prompting daily discussions during patient care rounds and routine use of mechanical and/or pharmacologic prophylaxis measures. While VTE rightfully garners much attention in clinical patient care and in the medical literature, optimal strategies for VTE prevention are still evolving. Furthermore, trauma and surgical patients often have real or perceived contraindications to prophylaxis that affect the timing of preventive measures and the consistency with which they can be applied. In this Clinical Consensus Document, the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma Critical Care Committee addresses several practical clinical questions pertaining to specific or unique aspects of VTE prophylaxis in critically ill and injured patients.