Hospitalized patients with isolated distal deep vein thrombosis: anticoagulation therapy or not?

ABSTRACT:

Background

Isolated distal deep vein thrombosis (IDDVT), a disease frequently detected in hospitalized patients, can progress to proximal deep vein thrombosis (PDVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE). Here, we evaluated the effects of anticoagulation in hospitalized IDDVT patients.

Methods

We conducted a retrospective study in our hospital and enrolled hospitalized IDDVT patients diagnosed by compression ultrasonography (CUS) from January to December 2020. Participants were divided into anticoagulation (AC) and non-anticoagulation (non-AC) groups. After propensity score matching (PSM), multivariate Cox regression analyses were performed to assess whether anticoagulation was associated with PDVT/PE, and all-cause mortality.

Results

A total of 426 IDDVT inpatients with CUS fo

SUBMITTER: Luo X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9472408 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature