Open AccessVenous Thromboembolism in Hospitalized Melanoma Patients: Analysis from the National Inpatient Sample Database
Author(s) -
Hussam Alhasson,
Kadhim Al-Banaa,
Mohammad AbuTineh,
Bassam Alhasson,
Yu Zhao,
Mohamed A Yassin
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of general medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.722
H-Index - 36
ISSN - 1178-7074
DOI - 10.2147/ijgm.s320507
Subject(s) - medicine , confounding , venous thromboembolism , logistic regression , odds ratio , hospital discharge , database , melanoma , emergency medicine , thrombosis , cancer research , computer science
The association between cancer and hyper-coagulability is well known. However, the association between melanoma and venous thromboembolism (VTE) has not been identified.