Open AccessVenous Thromboembolism in a Single Korean Trauma Center: Incidence, Risk Factors, and Assessing the Validity of VTE Diagnostic Tools
Author(s) -
Sunjoo Boo,
Hyunjin Oh,
Kyungjin Hwang,
Kyoungwon Jung,
Jonghwan Moon
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
yonsei medical journal/yonsei medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.702
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1976-2437
pISSN - 0513-5796
DOI - 10.3349/ymj.2021.62.6.520
Subject(s) - venous thromboembolism , medicine , incidence (geometry) , trauma center , emergency medicine , intensive care medicine , retrospective cohort study , thrombosis , physics , optics
Trauma increases the risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE) in hospitalized patients. However, the risk and incidence of VTE in Korean trauma patients are limited. Therefore, we aimed to evaluate the incidence and identify potential predictors of VTE occurrence in Korean trauma patients. Moreover, we assessed the validity of the Greenfield risk assessment profile (RAP) and the trauma embolic scoring system (TESS) in these patients.