Caprini VTE Risk Score
Totals the Caprini risk checklist to stratify surgical venous thromboembolism risk and suggests a prophylaxis tier per CHEST guidance.
What you enter
- Age
- Minor surgery planned
- BMI > 25 kg/m²
- Swollen legs (current)
- Varicose veins
- Sepsis (< 1 month)
- Serious lung disease incl. pneumonia (< 1 month)
- Oral contraceptive or hormone replacement
- Pregnancy or postpartum (< 1 month)
- History of unexplained or recurrent pregnancy loss
- Acute myocardial infarction
- Congestive heart failure (< 1 month)
- Medical patient currently at bed rest
- History of inflammatory bowel disease
- Major surgery (< 1 month)
- Abnormal pulmonary function (COPD)
- Arthroscopic surgery
- Major open surgery (> 45 min)
- Laparoscopic surgery (> 45 min)
- Malignancy (present or previous)
- Confined to bed (> 72 h)
- Immobilizing plaster cast
- Central venous access
- History of DVT or PE
- Family history of thrombosis
- Factor V Leiden or prothrombin 20210A
- Lupus anticoagulant / anticardiolipin antibodies
- Elevated homocysteine
- Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia
- Other congenital or acquired thrombophilia
- Stroke (< 1 month)
- Elective major lower-extremity arthroplasty
- Hip, pelvis or leg fracture (< 1 month)
- Acute spinal cord injury / paralysis (< 1 month)
- Multiple trauma (< 1 month)
Reference
Caprini JA, 2005 model; tiers per CHEST 2012 guidance
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