Open AccessTriggers of Hospitalization for Venous Thromboembolism
Author(s) -
Mary A.M. Rogers,
Deborah A. Levine,
Neil Blumberg,
Scott A. Flanders,
Vineet Chopra,
Kenneth M. Langa
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.111.084467
Subject(s) - medicine , confidence interval , emergency medicine , incidence (geometry) , rate ratio , emergency department , physics , psychiatry , optics
The rate of hospitalization for venous thromboembolism (VTE) is increasing in the United States. Although predictors of hospital-acquired VTE are well-known, triggers of VTE before hospitalization are not as clearly defined. The objective of this study was to evaluate triggers of hospitalization for VTE.
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