Venous thromboembolism following inpatient pediatric surgery: Analysis of 153,220 patients.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To evaluate venous thromboembolism (VTE) rates and risk factors following inpatient pediatric surgery.

Methods

153,220 inpatient pediatric surgical patients were selected from the 2012-2015 NSQIP-P database. Demographic and perioperative variables were documented. Primary outcome was VTE requiring treatment within 30 postoperative days. Secondary outcomes included length of stay (LOS) and 30-day mortality. Prediction models were generated using logistic regression. Mortality and time to VTE were assessed using Kaplan-Meier survival analysis.

Results

305 patients (0.20%) developed 296 venous thromboses and 12 pulmonary emboli (3 cooccurrences). Median time to VTE was 9 days. Most VTEs (81%) occurred predischarge. Subspecialties with highest VTE rates were cardi

SUBMITTER: Sherrod BA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6451662 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature