Pediatric trauma venous thromboembolism prediction algorithm outperforms current anticoagulation prophylaxis guidelines: a pilot study.

ABSTRACT: PURPOSE:Venous thromboembolism (VTE) in injured children is rare, but sequelae can be morbid and life-threatening. Recent trauma society guidelines suggesting that all children over 15 years old should receive thromboprophylaxis may result in overtreatment. We sought to evaluate the efficacy of a previously published VTE prediction algorithm and compare it to current recommendations. METHODS:Two institutional trauma registries were queried for all pediatric (age ?5% risk), 322 (3.9%) as moderate risk (1-5% risk) and 7898 (95.5%) as low risk (

SUBMITTER: Cunningham AJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7223182 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature