Incidence of venous thromboembolism in hospitalized pediatric neurosurgical patients: a retrospective 25-year institutional experience.

Mason A BrownDaniel H Fulkerson

Published in: Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery (2019)

In all pediatric neurosurgical patients, a VTE was found in 0.22% of hospitalizations over a 25-year span. Statistically significant risk factors for VTE included central venous line placement, paralysis, malignancy, intubation greater than 48 h, and hypercoagulable state.

Keyphrases

venous thromboembolism
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
prognostic factors
peritoneal dialysis
risk factors
cardiac arrest
patient reported outcomes
atrial fibrillation
patient reported