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Incidence of deep venous thrombosis: a comparison of two A ustralian hospitals
Author(s) -
Shiraev T. P.,
Omari A.,
Rushworth R. L.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
internal medicine journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.596
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1445-5994
pISSN - 1444-0903
DOI - 10.1111/imj.12523
Subject(s) - medicine , incidence (geometry) , venous thrombosis , thrombosis , observational study , retrospective cohort study , medical diagnosis , deep vein , venous thromboembolism , emergency medicine , pediatrics , radiology , physics , optics
In this retrospective observational study, we observed that principal and comorbid diagnoses of deep venous thrombosis ( DVT ) occurred at a rate of 1.02 and 4.86 per 1000 admissions. Principal DVT diagnosis admissions were more common in the public hospital (1.29 vs 0.57 per 1000; P < 0.001), while the private hospital had nearly three times the admissions with comorbid DVT (2.99 vs 8.23 per 1000; P < 0.001). In‐hospital mortality was uncommon (0.2% and 1.6% for principal and comorbid DVT diagnoses, respectively), and this did not differ significantly between the two hospitals.