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BMJ 2010;340:c919 doi: 10.1136/bmj.c919 (Published 16 February 2010) Page 1 of 1 Letters LETTERS VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM GUIDANCE Sally L Read general practitioner NFA Health Centre for Homeless People, Leeds LS9 8AA In its guidelineson reducing the riskof venous Leedsissimilar.Thisriskfactor shouldnotbeforgotten when thromboembolisminhospitalpatientstheNationalInstitutefor homeless patientsareadmitted for surgery. HealthandClinicalExcellence(NICE)hasaverteditsgazenot 1 2 onlyfromsex butalsofromdrugs. Ithas notconsidered Competing interests: None declared. intravenous drug users, specificallythoseinjectinginto their 1 Hill J, Treasure T. Reducing the risk of venous thromboembolism in patients admitted to femoralveins,agroupatclinicallysignificantriskofdeepvein hospital. BMJ 2010;340:259-60. (27 January.) thrombosis. 2 Farmer L. Let’s not talk about sex. BMJ 2010;340:c916. 3 McColl MD, Tait RC, Greer IA, Walker ID. Injecting drug use is a risk factor for deep vein InGlasgowinjectingdrugusewasthecommonestpredisposing thrombosis in women in Glasgow. Br J Haematol 2001;112:641-3. factor for agroup of womenpresenting withdeepvein thrombosis. Experienceinourpracticeforhomelesspeoplein Cite this as: BMJ 2010;340:c919 © BMJ Publishing Group Ltd 2010 [email protected] For personal use only: See rights and reprints http://www.bmj.com/permissions Subscribe: http://www.bmj.com/subscribe