Examining the benefit of graduated compression stockings in the prevention of hospital-associated venous thromboembolism in low-risk surgical patients: a multicentre cluster randomised controlled trial (PETS trial)

Matthew Machin; Sarrah Peerbux; Sarah Whittley; Beverley J Hunt; Tamara Everington; Manjit Gohel; John Norrie; David Epstein; David J Warwick; Christopher Baker; Zaed Hamady; Sasha Smith; Layla Bolton; Annya Stephens-Boal; Beverley Gray; Joseph Shalhoub; Alun Huw Davies

doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2022-069802

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Examining the benefit of graduated compression stockings in the prevention of hospital-associated venous thromboembolism in low-risk surgical patients: a multicentre cluster randomised controlled trial (PETS trial)

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Matthew Machin Section of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Charing Cross Hospital, Imperial College London, London, UKImperial Vascular Unit, St Mary’s Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Sarrah Peerbux Section of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Charing Cross Hospital, Imperial College London, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Sarah Whittley Section of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Charing Cross Hospital, Imperial College London, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Beverley J Hunt Thrombosis & Haemophilia Centre, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Tamara Everington Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Winchester, Hampshire, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Manjit Gohel Department of Vascular Surgery, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
John Norrie Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics, Edinburgh Clinical Trials Unit, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
David Epstein Faculty of Economic and Business Sciences, University of Granada, Granada, Spain PubMed articles Google scholar articles
David J Warwick University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Christopher Baker Imperial Vascular Unit, St Mary’s Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Zaed Hamady General Surgery, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Sasha Smith Section of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Charing Cross Hospital, Imperial College London, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Layla Bolton Imperial Vascular Unit, St Mary’s Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Annya Stephens-Boal Section of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Charing Cross Hospital, Imperial College London, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Beverley Gray Section of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Charing Cross Hospital, Imperial College London, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Joseph Shalhoub Section of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Charing Cross Hospital, Imperial College London, London, UKImperial Vascular Unit, St Mary’s Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
Alun Huw Davies Section of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Charing Cross Hospital, Imperial College London, London, UKImperial Vascular Unit, St Mary’s Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles

Correspondence to Professor Alun Huw Davies; a.h.davies{at}imperial.ac.uk

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Machin M, Peerbux S, Whittley S, et al

BMJ Open 2023;13:e069802. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-069802

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Received November 8, 2022
Accepted January 4, 2023
First published January 17, 2023.

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January 17, 2023

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