title: [Incidence of venous thromboembolism in men admitted to a pneumology unit for acute respiratory disease].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a major source of morbidity and mortality all over the world. It is one of the complications arising in a hospital environment. The main aim of this study is to estimate the incidence of VTE in respiratory inpatients.
  
  
  METHODS
  The authors carried out a prospective study on acute respiratory disease inpatients. A medical analytical index card was used. An echo-venous Doppler of lower limbs was practiced on D1 and D10 of hospitalization. The Wells scored was used to estimate the clinical probability of the occurrence of VTE.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Seven of 100 patients studied developed VTE (95% CI : 2-12%), four of which presented a pulmonary embolism. The patients with VTE are 60-years-old±11.67. The incidence of VTE includes 20% (95% CI : 12.2-27.8%) of the patients hospitalized for bronchial cancer, 7.14% (95% CI : 2.1-12.18) of the patients presenting pulmonary tuberculosis and 4.54% (95% CI : 0.46-8.62%) of the patients hospitalized for exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The duration of hospitalization was prolonged for the treatment of VTE (21±4.41 days for these patients compared with 12±5 days in the absence of VTE (P<0.001)). The analysis of the various risk factors shows that a Performance Status>2 (P=0.005) and lung cancer (P=0.028) are the factors most incriminated in the occurrence of VTE. It is associated with a mortality of 2%.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  VTE is a reality which is necessary to prevent in respiratory inpatients in situations at risk, especially in patients with lung cancer and with a PS>2.
authors.affiliation: Service de pneumologie I, Pavillon I, hôpital Abderrahman Mami, Ariana, Tunisie. imen aissa@yahoo.fr
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Aissa
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Rachdi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ben Miled
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ghedira
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001249:Asthma / Q000453:epidemiology; D001984:Bronchial Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology; D006757:Hospital Units; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007297:Inpatients / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D007902:Length of Stay; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010998:Pleurisy / Q000453:epidemiology; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000453:epidemiology; D011446:Prospective Studies; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000453:epidemiology; D015272:Pulmonary Medicine; D012140:Respiratory Tract Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D015996:Survival Rate; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000453:epidemiology; D014416:Tunisia / Q000453:epidemiology; D054556:Venous Thromboembolism / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality