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Old Oct 23, 2000 | 9:36 pm
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pdx_dr
 
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The April 15th issue of the Lancet did perform a meta-analysis of studies of aspirin to prevent DVT. Based on these results, you would need to treat 100 patients to prevent 1 DVT. This was in a population of patients where 50% develop DVT. Far fewer airline passengers develop DVT, and whether the slight chance of potential benefit outweighs the risk has not been determined.

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