Hospital-Associated Venous Thromboembolism in Children: Incidence and Clinical Characteristics

Objective To determine incidence and clinical characteristics of hospital-associated venous thromboembolism (VTE) in pediatric patients. Study design A retrospective analysis of patients with hospital-associated VTE at the Johns Hopkins Hospital from 1994 to 2009 was performed. Clinical characterist...

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Published in:	The Journal of pediatrics 2014-02, Vol.164 (2), p.332-338
Main Authors:	Takemoto, Clifford M., MD, Sohi, Sajeet, MD, Desai, Kruti, MD, Bharaj, Raman, MD, Khanna, Anuj, MD, McFarland, Susan, MD, Klaus, Sybil, MD, Irshad, Alia, MD, Goldenberg, Neil A., MD, PhD, Strouse, John J., MD, PhD, Streiff, Michael B., MD
Format:	Article
Language:	eng
Subjects:	Adolescent Child Child, Preschool Female Hospitalization Humans Incidence Infant Kidney Diseases - complications Kidney Diseases - epidemiology Male Neoplasms - complications Neoplasms - epidemiology Pediatrics Prognosis Retrospective Studies United States - epidemiology Venous Thromboembolism - epidemiology Venous Thromboembolism - etiology Wounds and Injuries - complications Wounds and Injuries - epidemiology Young Adult
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