Causes of death after first time venous thromboembolism.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Causes of death after first time community-acquired venous thromboembolism (VTE) diagnosed in unselected patients at the emergency department (ED) was investigated.

Materials and methods

The study consists of all patients > 18 years of age who had a visit for any medical reason to any of 5 different ED in Stockholm County, Sweden from 1st January 2016 to 31st December 2017. We have identified all patients with a first registered incident VTE; deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and/or pulmonary embolism (PE) during the study period. Cox regression models were used to estimate hazards ratios (HR) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for all-cause mortality and cause-specific death in patients with DVT or PE using all other patients as the reference group.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Lonnberg F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10832181 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature