591 - Avoiding Clots After Fractures: Why Clinical Research Matters

<p data-pm-slice="1 1 []">What’s the best way to prevent blood clots after serious fractures? Is it an expensive shot you have to give yourself twice a day? Or is it a little pill you might have already somewhere in your house? In this episode, <strong>Dr. Josh Sharfstein</strong> speaks to <strong>Dr. Robert O'Toole</strong>, Professor of Orthopedic Surgery at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, about a new <a href= "https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2205973">study</a> published in the New England Journal of Medicine. This research was conducted by the Major Extreme Trauma Research Consortium (METRC), based at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.</p>