Should we follow VTE prophylaxis for emergency surgical admissions?

Aim: to find justification in prescribing vte prophylaxis and make sure that all emergency and other major elective surgical procedures should adhere to these prophylactic measures. study design: prospective analysis setting: department of surgery,avicena medical college/hospital,lahore methods: this study includes prospective analysis of the subjects,who were treated and admitted in avicenna hospital,lahore. the collected data was entered into spss version 25.0 and were analyzed accordingly applying descriptive statistics e.g.,mean,frequency and analytical using chi square test. results: there were 53 patients above 40 years of age were admitted as an emergency in surgical ward and were supposed to have lmwh/clexane 20-40mg and mechanical prophylaxis according to nice guidelines. conclusion: there should be risk assessment followed by the pharmacological and mechanical prophylaxis for high risk patients with previous h/o dvt,major surgery,orthopedic or pelvic surgery,cancer surgery and patients with co-morbid conditions etc,to avoid preventable morbidity or mortality.