RAVS Study: One Indian Single Center Analysis of Patients with VTE
Autor: | Ashwini Naveen Gangadharan, Chandrashekar Anagavalli Ramswamy, Rajendra Prasad Basavanthappa, Vivek Vardhan Jp, Ranjith Kumar Anandasu, Sanjay C Desai, Adharsh Kumar, Luv Luthra |
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Rok vydání: | 2019 |
Předmět: |
anticoagulants
medicine.medical_specialty Deep vein venous thromboembolism 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology Single Center deep vein thrombosis 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Internal medicine medicine cardiovascular diseases business.industry Mortality rate Incidence (epidemiology) Medical record General Medicine equipment and supplies medicine.disease Thrombosis Pulmonary embolism medicine.anatomical_structure 030228 respiratory system retrospective registry Original Article business Venous thromboembolism |
Zdroj: | Annals of Vascular Diseases |
ISSN: | 1881-6428 1881-641X |
Popis: | Objective: Venous thromboembolism (VTE) includes deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE). VTE affects all races, age groups, and genders. The objective of this registry was to analyze the patient characteristics, clinical outcomes, management strategies, and temporal trends in VTE at a single center. Materials and Methods: Consecutive medical records of inpatients between January 2007 and March 2018, meeting the inclusion criteria (confirmed diagnosis of DVT by Doppler ultrasound scan and/or PE by chest computed tomography) were identified and collected. A total of 1,024 patients were reviewed. Results: Eight hundred and twelve patients with VTE were enrolled into the study; 37.4% were referrals from outside hospitals, 33.1% of the total patients had no risk factors, hence classified as unprovoked VTE and the rest of the patients had single or multiple risk factors which may have provoked the VTE, 68.8% presented with swelling and pain, and 88.5% had proximal DVT. Conclusion: VTE is no longer a rare phenomenon in the Indian population, as believed earlier. The knowledge of VTE, prophylaxis, and treatment strategies is minimal among small institutes, nursing homes, and among general practitioners who are not affiliated with teaching institutes. Therefore, educating primary care physicians/surgeons on VTE is paramount, as this would reduce the incidence of VTE in India as well as associated morbidity and mortality rates. |
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