title: Gender differences in the administration of prophylaxis to prevent deep venous thrombosis.
abstract: We investigated gender differences in the prescription of prophylaxis against deep vein thrombosis (DVT) in 2,619 patients who developed acute DVT while being hospitalized for reasons other than DVT or were diagnosed with acute DVT as outpatients but who had been hospitalized within 30 days prior to DVT diagnosis. Men were 21% more likely than women to receive prophylaxis (OR 1.21, 95% CI 1.03-1.43; p=0.021) after adjusting for DVT risk factors, including surgery, trauma, prior DVT, age, and cancer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 75 Francis Street, Boston, Massachusetts, 02115 USA.
authors.forename: Nils
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kucher
authors.forename: Victor F
authors.initials: VF
authors.lastname: Tapson
authors.forename: Rene
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Quiroz
authors.forename: Samy S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Mir
authors.forename: Ruth B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Morrison
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: McKenzie
authors.forename: Samuel Z
authors.initials: SZ
authors.lastname: Goldhaber
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D003625:Data Collection; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011287:Prejudice; D011292:Premedication / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012737:Sex Factors; D020246:Venous Thrombosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000517:prevention & control*