Tag: venous thromboembolism (VTE)
The use of a diagnostic strategy with age-adjusted D-dimer thresholds was non-inferior in risk-stratifying for thromboembolic events in emergency department patients with suspected pulmonary embolism
1. Compared to conventional diagnostic strategy, the use of the YEARS rule combined with the age-adjusted D-dimer threshold did not ...
Utility of D-dimer testing and modified thresholds for ruling out pulmonary embolism in COVID-19 patients
1. The D-dimer test threshold of 0.05 µg/mL in COVID patients had a sensitivity of 100%, a specificity of 8.8%, ...
Prophylactic anticoagulation associated with lower in-hospital and 60-day mortality for patients hospitalized with COVID-19
1. For patients hospitalized with COVID-19, both prophylactic- and treatment-dose anticoagulation were associated with lower in-hospital mortality compared with no ...
Aspirin treatment without indication in patients on direct oral anticoagulants may increase the risk of bleeding events
1. In patients treated with direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) for atrial fibrillation or venous thromboembolism (VTE), adding aspirin (ASA) was ...
#VisualAbstract: Low molecular weight heparin associated with better outcomes than unfractionated heparin in pediatric trauma patients
1. Among trauma patients aged 10 to 17, the use of low molecular weight heparin as compared with unfractionated heparin ...
Compression stockings do not add clinical benefit to pharmaco-thromboprophylaxis
1. For patients who underwent elective surgery and were at moderate to high risk of venous thromboembolism, pharmaco-thromboprophylaxis with low ...
Emergency general surgery linked to greater risk of venous thromboembolism than elective surgery
1. Patients undergoing emergency general surgery in a retrospective cohort study were at nearly twice the risk of venous thromboembolism ...
2 Minute Medicine Rewind May 18, 2020
Early estimates of the indirect effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on maternal and child mortality in low-income and middle-income countries: ...
