Venous thromboembolism in the medically ill patient: a call to action
β Scribed by J.-F. Bergmann; A. Kher
- Book ID
- 110880509
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 151 KB
- Volume
- 59
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1368-5031
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Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is common but often unrecognized in medically ill patients. Over the past 5 years, three large-scale placebo-controlled trials enrolling a total of 5500 medically ill patients have highlighted the risk of VTE in this group. These trials have helped to define a specific a
## Abstract ## BACKGROUND: The Joint Commission requires that all medical inpatients be assessed for venous thromboembolism (VTE) risk, but available risk stratification tools have never been validated. ## METHODS: We conducted a retrospective cohort study of patients age β₯18 years, admitted to