Rising Prevalence of Venous Thromboembolism and Its Impact on Mortality Among Hospitalized Inflammatory Bowel Disease Patients

C. Nguyen, Geoffrey; Sam, Justina

doi:10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.02052.x

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Rising Prevalence of Venous Thromboembolism and Its Impact on Mortality Among Hospitalized Inflammatory Bowel Disease Patients

Published in The American Journal of Gastroenterology • Aug 5, 2008

Authors:

Geoffrey C. Nguyen

Justina Sam

Abstract

BACKGROUND: We sought to determine nationwide, population-based trends in rates of venous thromboembolism (VTE) among hospitalized inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients in the United States and to determine its mortality and economic impact. METHODS: We analyzed discharges from the Nationwide In...

Subject

Medicine

Inflammatory bowel disease

Internal medicine

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