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Qualitative and Quantitative Abstracts
Diana Garay
West Coast University
NUR350 Research in Nursing
Dr. Sara Turpel
September 19, 2021

Quantiatve Study
Dhakal, P., Wang, L., Gardiner, J., Shrotriya, S., Sharma, M., & Rayamajhi, S. (2019).
Effectiveness of Sequential Compression Devices in Prevention of Venous
Thromboembolism in Medically Ill Hospitalized Patients: A Retrospective Cohort Study.
Turkish Journal of Hematology .
Quatnitve retrospective chohort study with an objective to evualatue the effectiveness of sequential
compression devices (SCDs) for venous thromboembolism (VTE) prevention inlcuidng DVTs in medically
ill hospitalized patients. This study is important becaue there There were 30,824 subjects drtawn from
the teaching hospital in Turkey between the time sof April 2015 to March 2016. Average age was 54
teras wutg 61.5% being women. The average hostpail length of stay was 4.5 with plus or muns 4.3 days.
TTule out critiera included included patients less thatn 18 or those with VTE diagnoses. Those whou