Our objective was to determine frequency of use of pharmacologic venous VTE prophylaxis in our ICH population, occurrence of DVT / PE, and whether there was an increase in ICH volume.

Medical records were retrospectively reviewed for patients discharged from two urban medical facilities with a primary diagnosis of ICH between January 2016 and May 2018. Records were reviewed for patient administration of pharmacologic and mechanical VTE prophylaxis, occurrence of DVT or PE, and increase in hemorrhage volume. Descriptive statistics were reported.

Medical records were reviewed for 435 patients. Those patients who transferred or were made comfort care within 48 hours of arrival were excluded. Of the 357 patients included in the analysis, 50.1% (n=179) were male and mean age was 66.7 (±15.9). Pharmacologic prophylaxis was administered to 28% (n=100) of patients, and 72% (n=257) received mechanical only. None of these patients were reported to have had a DVT or PE. Additionally, no patients were reported to have had an increase in hemorrhagic volume.