Incidence of venous thromboembolism and adequacy of thromboprophylaxis in 2380 acutely-ill hospitalized patients: Results from the PROFMiG cohort study.
Bruno Ávila FerreiraPedro Luiz Lage Bodour DanielianGeovanna Cota CaetanoCássia Rodrigues Lima FerreiraMaria Aparecida de OliveiraEnrico Antônio ColosimoMarcos de BastosSuely Meireles RezendePublished in: Thrombosis research (2024)
The cumulative incidence of VTE in this cohort corroborates with that reported in high-resourced countries. Despite recommendation, thromboprophylaxis was mostly inadequate. We suggest the adoption of competing risk analysis to estimate the cumulative incidence of VTE in hospitalized patients.