Estimation of Acutely Ill Medical Patients at Venous Thromboembolism Risk Eligible for Extended Thromboprophylaxis Using APEX Criteria in US Hospitals
Major medical illnesses place patients at risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE). Some risk factors including age ≥75 years or history of cancer place them at increased risk of VTE that extends for at least 5 to 6 weeks following hospital admission. Betrixaban thromboprophylaxis is now approved in the...
Main Authors: | Anne-Céline Martin MD, PhD, Wei Huang PhD, Samuel Z. Goldhaber MD, Russell D. Hull MD, Adrian F. Hernandez MD, Charles-Michael Gibson MD, Frederick A. Anderson PhD, Alexander T. Cohen MD |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2019-10-01
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Series: | Clinical and Applied Thrombosis/Hemostasis |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/1076029619880008 |
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