1 Introduction; 2 Thromboprophylaxis in medical patients; 3 Pharmacoeconomics of medical thromboprophylaxis; 4 Introduction to thromboprophylaxis in surgical patients; 5 Thromboprophylaxis in orthopaedic surgery; 6 Thromboprophylaxis in cancer surgery; 7 Thromboprophylaxis in other types of surgery; 8 Thromboprophylaxis in patients on oral anticoagulant therapy; 9 The pharmacoeconomics of surgical thromboprophylaxis; 10 Thromboprophylaxis in pregnancy...