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The CMQCC Toolkit: Venous Thromboembolism and Antepartum Admission (Non-Delivery)

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Learning Objectives and CME/Disclosure Information

This activity is intended for healthcare providers delivering care to women and their families.

After completing this activity, the participant should be better able to:

1. State the CMQCC recommendations for pregnant women who are admitted to hospital, not for delivery
2. Discuss the CMQCC Antepartum Hospital Admission VTE Risk Assessment algorithm

Estimated time to complete activity: 0.5 hours

Faculty:

Susan J. Gross, MD, FRCSC, FACOG, FACMG
President and CEO, The ObG Project

Disclosure of Conflicts of Interest

Postgraduate Institute for Medicine (PIM) requires faculty, planners, and others in control of educational content to disclose all their financial relationships with ineligible companies. All identified conflicts of interest (COI) are thoroughly vetted and mitigated according to PIM policy. PIM is committed to providing its learners with high quality accredited continuing education activities and related materials that promote improvements or quality in healthcare and not a specific proprietary business interest of an ineligible company.

The PIM planners and others have nothing to disclose. The OBG Project planners and others have nothing to disclose.

Faculty: Susan J. Gross, MD, receives consulting fees from Cradle Genomics, and has financial interest in The ObG Project, Inc.

Planners and Managers: The PIM planners and managers, Trace Hutchison, PharmD, Samantha Mattiucci, PharmD, CHCP, Judi Smelker-Mitchek, MBA, MSN, RN, and Jan Schultz, MSN, RN, CHCP have nothing to disclose.

Method of Participation and Request for Credit

Fees for participating and receiving CME credit for this activity are as posted on The ObG Project website. During the period from April 10 2018 through 07/15/2022, participants must read the learning objectives and faculty disclosures and study the educational activity.

If you wish to receive acknowledgment for completing this activity, please complete the post-test and evaluation. Upon registering and successfully completing the post-test with a score of 100% and the activity evaluation, your certificate will be made available immediately.

For Pharmacists: Upon successfully completing the post-test with a score of 100% and the activity evaluation form, transcript information will be sent to the NABP CPE Monitor Service within 4 weeks.

Joint Accreditation Statement

In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by the Postgraduate Institute for Medicine and The ObG Project. Postgraduate Institute for Medicine is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Physician Continuing Medical Education

Postgraduate Institute for Medicine designates this enduring material for a maximum of 0.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Continuing Nursing Education

The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Nursing Education activity is 0.5 contact hours.

Designated for 0.2 contact hours of pharmacotherapy credit for Advance Practice Registered Nurses.

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SUMMARY:

The Joint Commission has recommended guidance for non-pregnant patients who are admitted to hospital. However, due to lack of data, despite known increased risk, pregnant women were not included in this directive. The CMQCC Maternal VTE task force provides recommendations to address this gap. Pregnant women who are admitted to hospital should be encouraged to

  • Maintain full ambulation
    • Risks of activity restriction and bedrest are proven and include VTE, bone loss, poor maternal weight gain and rapid deconditioning
    • There is also evidence that there may be risk of anxiety, and peri and postpartum depression
    • There is no evidence that bedrest improves outcomes for multiple gestations, preterm labor, hypertensive disease of pregnancy or IUGR
  • Ensure hydration

Prophylaxis

  • Mechanical: Utilize mechanical prophylaxis (knee length sequential compression devices) while in bed
  • Pharmacologic: Based on data that length of stay ≥3 days is associated with high risk for VTE, the toolkit document states

The CMQCC Maternal VTE Task Force supports NPMS and RCOG recommendations for pharmacological thromboprophylaxis for all antepartum patients hospitalized for ≥ 72 hours who are not at high risk for bleeding or imminent delivery.


Antepartum Hospital Admission VTE Risk Assessment

LOW RISK

  • All patients not in high risk category with anticipated admission <72 hours

Treatment

  • MECHANICAL PROPHYLAXIS (reassess at 72 hours)

MEDIUM RISK

  • All patients admitted not in high risk category with anticipated or actual length of stay >72 hours

Treatment

  • MECHANICAL PROPHYLAXIS and PROPHYLACTIC DOSE LMWH OR UFH

HIGH RISK

  • High risk thrombophilia
  • Low risk thrombophilia and family history of VTE
  • Antiphospholipid Syndrome (APS), even without prior VTE regardless of family history
  • Prior provoked, idiopathic, or estrogen related VTE (i.e., personal history of any VTE)
  • Patients already receiving LMWH or UFH as outpatient for multiple prior VTE episodes or for prior VTE with high risk thrombophilia or APS

Treatment

(1) MECHANICAL PROPHYLAXIS + PROPHYLACTIC DOSE LMWH/UFH or

(2) MECHANICAL PROPHYLAXIS + PROPHYLACTIC or THERAPEUTIC DOSE LMWH/UFH (consistent with antepartum dosing)

Notes:

  • Mechanical prophylaxis should be placed on admission and continued through discharge
  • Prophylactic-dose LMWH or UFH should be determined in collaboration with anesthesia
  • Obtain anesthesia consultation at the time of antepartum admission for all patients who are potential candidates for pharmacologic prophylaxis
  • Obstetricians and anesthesiologists should maintain ongoing and close communication, ensuring that all providers are involved in the anticoagulation plan
  • Multidisciplinary approach will address
    • Neuraxial anesthesia
    • Dose adjustments of pharmacologic prophylaxis
    • Coagulation testing when indicated

KEY POINTS:

  • Patient at high risk VTE but also at risk for delivery or bleeding
    • Mechanical prophylaxis or low dose UFH 5000 units subcutaneous every 12 hours may be utilized
    • If pharmacologic prophylaxis deemed appropriate by multidisciplinary team, low dose UFH 5000 units subcutaneous every 12 hours is preferred due to
      • Rapid reversal, shorter half-life, and facilitation of regional anesthesia
  • Patient at high risk for imminent delivery and/or requiring neuraxial anesthesia
    • Hold pharmacological prophylaxis and utilize mechanical prophylaxis due to risk benefit analysis
    • Competing risks (DVT vs bleeding) underlie the CMQCC Task Force’s strong recommendation to obtain anesthesia input prior to a decision to initiate pharmacologic prophylaxis

Definitions – Risk Factors

FAMILY HISTORY of VTE 

  • VTE occurring in a first-degree relative prior to age 50 

HIGH RISK THROMBOPHILIA   

  • Antithrombin III deficiency 
  • Antiphospholipid syndrome (APS)  
    • Requires at least one clinical and one laboratory criteria be met  
  • Factor V Leiden or Prothrombin pathogenic variant  
    • Homozygosity or compound heterozygosity 

LOW RISK THROMBOPHILIA

  • Factor V Leiden or Prothrombin pathogenic variant  
    • Heterozygote state  
  • Protein C or S deficiency 

Definitions – Anticoagulation Regimens (ACOG)

LMWH – PROPHYLACTIC

  • Enoxaparin, 40 mg SC once daily
  • Dalteparin, 5,000 units SC once daily
  • Tinzaparin, 4,500 units SC once daily
  • Nadroparin, 2,850 units SC once daily

LMWH-INTERMEDIATE DOSE

  • Enoxaparin, 40 mg SC every 12 hours
  • Dalteparin, 5,000 units SC every 12 hours

LMWH – ADJUSTED DOSE (THERAPEUTIC)

  • Enoxaparin, 1mg/kg SC every 12 hours
  • Dalteparin, 200 units/kg SC once daily
  • Tinzaparin, 175 units/kg SC once daily
  • Dalteparin, 100 units/kg SC every 12 hours

UFH – PROPHYLACTIC

  • UFH, 5,000 to 7,500 units SC every 12 hours in first trimester
  • UFH, 7,500 to 10,000 units SC every 12 hours in the second trimester
  • UFH, 10,000 units SC every 12 hours in the third trimester, unless the aPTT is elevated

UFH – ADJUSTED DOSE (THERAPEUTIC)

  • UFH, 10,000 units or more SC every 12 hours in doses adjusted to target aPTT in the therapeutic range (1.5 to 2.5 x control) 6 hours after the injection  

POSTPARTUM ANTICOAGULATION

  • Prophylactic, intermediate or adjusted dose LMWH for 6 to 8 weeks as indicated
  • Oral anticoagulants may be considered postpartum based upon planned duration of therapy, lactation and patient preference

SURVEILLANCE

  • Clinical vigilance and appropriate objective investigation of women with symptoms suspicious of deep vein thrombosis or pulmonary embolism
  • VTE risk assessment should be performed prepregnancy or early in pregnancy and repeated if complications develop, particularly those necessitating hospitalization or prolonged immobility

Notes:

  • Anti-Xa level testing is available to monitor activity of LMWH agents
  • CMQCC defines ‘LMWH therapeutic dose’ as enoxaparin, 1mg/kg SC every 12 hours, adjusted to target Xa 0.6-1.0 units/mL 4-6 hours after injection with acute VTE
  • aPTT testing is used to determine UFH dosing, not LMWH activity
  • Anti-Xa level testing is not currently mandated due to cost, inconvenience and lack of high quality data
  • Dose adjustment may be considered with extremes of body weight (<50 kg or >90 kg)
  • Consultation and ongoing collaboration with Anesthesia is strongly recommended

CMQCC Maternal VTE Patient Education Handout

CMQCC Maternal VTE Patient Education Handout

Learn More – Primary Sources:

CMQCC Venous Thromboembolism Toolkit

ACOG Practice Bulletin 196: Thromboembolism in Pregnancy

ACOG District II/Safe Motherhood Initiative: Maternal Safety Bundle for Venous Thromboembolism

International consensus statement on an update of the classification criteria for definite antiphospholipid syndrome (APS)

Locate a genetic counselor or genetics services:

Genetic Services Locator-ACMG

Genetic Services Locator-NSGC

Genetic Services Locator-CAGC

Locate a Maternal Fetal Medicine Specialist

Maternal Fetal Medicine Specialist Locator-SMFM

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