Venous thromboembolism incidence among patients recommended for pharmacologic thromboembolism prophylaxis after cesarean delivery in selected guidelines.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Multiple guidelines regarding risk stratification for venous thromboembolism (VTE) incidence following cesarean delivery have been promulgated.

Objective

To estimate the percentage of cesarean delivery patients for which pharmacologic VTE would be recommended and subsequent incidence of VTE, based on several guidelines.

Patients/methods

This retrospective cohort study used data from the Nationwide Readmissions Database from October 2015 through December 2017. Diagnosis and procedure codes were used to identify patients undergoing cesarean delivery, incidence of VTE, and risk factors used to stratify risk in the existing guidelines. Time-to-event analysis was used to analyze data, stratified by risk categorization in 2011 American College of Obstetricians an

SUBMITTER: Federspiel JJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7925427 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature