title: A prospective registry of 5,451 patients with ultrasound-confirmed deep vein thrombosis.
abstract: We enrolled 5,451 patients with ultrasound-confirmed deep vein thrombosis (DVT), including 2,892 women and 2,559 men, from 183 United States sites in our prospective registry. The 5 most frequent co-morbidities were hypertension (50%), surgery within 3 months (38%), immobility within 30 days (34%), cancer (32%), and obesity (27%). Of the 2,726 patients who had their DVT diagnosed while in the hospital, only 1,147 (42%) received prophylaxis within 30 days before diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: the Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA. sgorldhaber@partners.org
authors.forename: Samuel Z
authors.initials: SZ
authors.lastname: Goldhaber
authors.forename: Victor F
authors.initials: VF
authors.lastname: Tapson
mesh_terms: D015897:Comorbidity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000453:epidemiology; D007103:Immobilization / Q000009:adverse effects; D007297:Inpatients / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D007902:Length of Stay / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology; D010045:Outpatients / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012042:Registries / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012307:Risk Factors; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D020246:Venous Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology*