When should prophylactic anticoagulation begin after a hip fracture?

Paul J. Grant, MD
Clinical instructor, Division of General Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

Amir K. Jaffer, MD
Medical director, IMPACT (Internal Medicine Preoperative Assessment Consultation and Treatment) Center; medical director, Anticoagulation Clinic, Section of Hospital Medicine, Cleveland Clinic

Address: Amir K. Jaffer, MD, IMPACT Center, A13, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195; e-mail [email protected]

Dr. Jaffer has indicated that he is on the speakers’ bureau of Sanofi-Aventis corporation, is a consultant for Sanofi-Aventis and AstraZeneca, and has received honoraria from Sanofi-Aventis.

Paul J. Grant, MD
Clinical instructor, Division of General Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

Amir K. Jaffer, MD
Medical director, IMPACT (Internal Medicine Preoperative Assessment Consultation and Treatment) Center; medical director, Anticoagulation Clinic, Section of Hospital Medicine, Cleveland Clinic

Address: Amir K. Jaffer, MD, IMPACT Center, A13, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195; e-mail [email protected]

Dr. Jaffer has indicated that he is on the speakers’ bureau of Sanofi-Aventis corporation, is a consultant for Sanofi-Aventis and AstraZeneca, and has received honoraria from Sanofi-Aventis.

Paul J. Grant, MD
Clinical instructor, Division of General Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

Amir K. Jaffer, MD
Medical director, IMPACT (Internal Medicine Preoperative Assessment Consultation and Treatment) Center; medical director, Anticoagulation Clinic, Section of Hospital Medicine, Cleveland Clinic

Address: Amir K. Jaffer, MD, IMPACT Center, A13, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195; e-mail [email protected]

Dr. Jaffer has indicated that he is on the speakers’ bureau of Sanofi-Aventis corporation, is a consultant for Sanofi-Aventis and AstraZeneca, and has received honoraria from Sanofi-Aventis.