The Duration and Magnitude of Postdischarge Venous Thromboembolism Following Colectomy.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess the impact of current guidelines by reporting weekly postoperative postdischarge venous thromboembolism (VTE) rates.

Summary background data

Disparity exists between the postoperative thromboprophylaxis duration colectomy patients receive based on surgical indication, where malignant resections routinely receive 28 days extended thromboprophylaxis into the postdischarge period and benign resections do not.

Methods

English national cohort study of colectomy patients between 2010 and 2019 using linked primary (Clinical Practice Research Datalink) and secondary (Hospital Episode Statistics) care data. Stratified by admission type and surgical indication, absolute incidence rates (IRs) per 1000 person-years and adjusted incidence rate ratios (aIRRs) fo

SUBMITTER: Lewis-Lloyd CA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9362343 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature