BACKGROUND & AIMS Guidelines for the management of venous thromboembolism (VTE) from the American College of Chest Physicians do not address patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), a group with a high risk of both VTE and gastrointestinal bleeding. We present recommendations for the prevention and treatment of VTE in patients with IBD. METHODS A systematic literature search was perfor...

OBJECTIVES The route of estrogen administration is an important determinant of the risk of the first venous thromboembolism (VTE) event in postmenopausal women using hormone therapy (HT). However, the impact of transdermal estrogens on VTE recurrence risk has not been investigated. The aim of our study was to assess the impact of HT by route of estrogen administration on the risk of recurrent V...

AIM Polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) take part in various biological events linked to the pathogenesis of venous thromboembolism (VTE), including inflammation, endothelial dysfunction, and hypercoagulability. Several studies have demonstrated the association between PUFAs and the occurrence of VTE. However, the role of PUFAs in the pathogenesis of VTE remains unclear. METHODS We enrolled 4...

This study aims to analyze the risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE) in patients receiving neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT) for epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC).A retrospective audit was conducted examining 147 patients treated for EOC. Surgical treatment with curative intent, with or without NACT and adjuvant chemotherapy, is the treatment approach, which was modified according to the patient's c...

which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Venous thromboembolism (VTE), including deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism (PE), is a serious complication of cancer and its treatment. Patients with cancer have 4-to 7-fold higher risk of developing VTE than those without cancer [1]. Cancer patient...

BACKGROUND Hereditary thrombophilia (HT) is a genetic predisposition to thrombosis. Asian mutation spectrum of HT is different from Western ones. We investigated the incidence and clinical characteristics of HT in Korean patients with unprovoked venous thromboembolism (VTE). METHODS Among 369 consecutive patients with thromboembolic event who underwent thrombophilia tests, we enrolled 222 pat...

NoAssociation BetweenHospital-Reported Perioperative Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis andOutcomeRates in Publicly ReportedData Venous thromboembolism (VTE), consisting of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism, is an important cause of postoperative mortality and long-term morbidity. Because many events are preventable, VTE prophylaxis performance and postoperative VTE are used as ...

Background. Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a disorder with short-term mortality and long-term morbidity. Healthy patients submitted to elective aesthetic plastic surgeries (EAPS) have risk factors to develop VTE not well established yet. The objective of this study was to examine the incidence and risk factors for VTE in these patients. Methods. Longitudinal, prospective (minimum follow-up of ...

OBJECTIVE Information on trends in venous thromboembolism (VTE) in US children is scant and inconsistent. We assessed national trends in VTE-associated pediatric hospitalizations. METHODS All nonroutine newborn hospitalizations for children 0 to 17 years of age in the 1994-2009 Nationwide Inpatient Samples were included; routine newborn discharges were excluded. VTE diagnoses were identified ...

as a common disease and even in Japan, the prevalence of VTE has been increasing in association with the increasing spread of a western lifestyle, aging, increased awareness of VTE, and advances in diagnostic techniques.7,8 In the issue of this journal, Nakamara et al9 report their results from the nationwide Japan Venous Thromboembolism Treatment (JAVA) observational study, including the incid...