Invasive Mechanical Ventilation and Risk of Hospital-Acquired Venous Thromboembolism.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This study sought to estimate the overall cumulative incidence and odds of Hospital-acquired venous thromboembolism (VTE) among critically ill children with and without exposure to invasive ventilation. In doing so, we also aimed to describe the temporal relationship between invasive ventilation and hospital-acquired VTE development.

Methods

We performed a retrospective cohort study using Virtual Pediatric Systems (VPS) data from 142 North American pediatric ICUs among children < 18 y of age from January 1, 2016-December 31, 2022. After exclusion criteria were applied, cohorts were identified by presence of invasive ventilation exposure. The primary outcome was cumulative incidence of hospital-acquired VTE, defined as limb/neck deep venous thrombosis or pulmonary

SUBMITTER: Havlicek EE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11549620 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature