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Clinical characteristics and outcome of inpatients versus outpatients with venous thromboembolism: findings from the RIETE Registry.

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Title: Clinical characteristics and outcome of inpatients versus outpatients with venous thromboembolism: findings from the RIETE Registry.
Authors: Maestre, A., Sánchez, R., Rosa, V., Aujesky, D., Lorenzo, A., Barillari, G., Monreal, M.
Contributors: RIETE Investigators, Monreal, M., Decousus, H., Prandoni, P., Brenner, B., Barba, R., Di Micco, P., Rivron-Guillot, K., Anglés, A., Arcelis, JI., Blanco, A., Barrón, M., Bueso, T., Campano, F., Casado, I., Cisneros, E., Durán, M., Falgá, C., Fernández-Capitán, C., Gallego, P., García-Bragado, F., Gómez-Zorilla, S., Guil, M., Gutiérrez, J., Hernández, L., Hernández-Huerta, D., Jiménez-Gil, M., Jordán, S., Lecumberri, R., Lobo, JL., López, L., Lorenzo, A., Luque, JM., Maestre, A., Marchena, PJ., Martín-Villasclaras, JJ., Muñóz, FJ., Nauffal, MD., Nieto, JA., Oribe, M., Portillo, J., Rabuñal, R., Riera-Mestre, A., Román, P., Rosa, V., Rubio, S., Ruiz-Gamietea, A., Ruiz-Giménez, N., Sahuquillo, JC., Samperiz, AL., Sánchez Muñoz-Torrero JF., Sánchez, R., Soler, S., Soler, C., Tejedor, R., Tiberio, G., Tirado, R., Todolí, JA., Tolosa, C., Trujillo, J., Uresandi, F., Valdés, V., Valle, R., Vela, J., Vidal, G., Villalta, J., Boccalon, H., Delluc, A., Le Corvoisier, P., Barillari, G., Barillari, A., Ciammaichella, M., Dalla Valle, F., Duce, R., Ferrari, A., Ferrazzi, P., Pasca, S., Poggio, R., Rota, L., Schenone, A., Tiraferri, E., Visonà, A.
Publication Year: 2025
Collection: Université de Lausanne (UNIL): Serval - Serveur académique lausannois
Subject Terms: Aged, 80 and over, Emergency Medical Services/statistics & numerical data, Female, Hemorrhage/mortality, Hospital Mortality, Humans, Incidence, Inpatients/statistics & numerical data, Male, Middle Aged, Outpatients/statistics & numerical data, Pulmonary Embolism/mortality, Registries/statistics & numerical data, Risk Factors, Venous Thromboembolism/mortality
Description: BACKGROUND: Patients with venous thromboembolism (VTE) treated with anticoagulants are at risk of death from pulmonary embolism (PE) and/or bleeding. However, whether patients who develop VTE in hospital have a higher complication rate than those who develop VTE in an outpatient setting is unclear. PATIENTS AND METHODS: RIETE is an ongoing, prospective registry of consecutive patients with acute, objectively confirmed, symptomatic VTE. We compared the 3-month incidence of fatal PE and fatal bleeding in patients in whom the VTE had developed while in hospital for another medical condition (inpatients) with those who presented to the emergency ward because of VTE (outpatients). RESULTS: Up to April 2008, 22,133 patients with acute VTE were enrolled: 10,461 (47%) presented with PE, 11,672 with deep vein thrombosis. Overall, 6445 (29%) were inpatients. During the study period, those who developed VTE as inpatients had a significantly higher incidence of fatal PE (2.1% vs. 1.5%; odds ratio: 1.4; 95% CI: 1.1-1.7), overall death (7.0% vs. 5.4%; odds ratio: 1.3; 95% CI: 1.2-1.5), and major bleeding (2.9% vs. 2.1%; odds ratio: 1.4; 95% CI: 1.1-1.6) than outpatients. The incidence of fatal bleeding was not significantly increased (0.7% vs. 0.5%; odds ratio: 1.2; 95% CI: 0.9-1.8). In multivariable analysis, inpatient status was significantly associated with a higher risk for fatal PE (odds ratio: 1.3; 95% CI: 1.1-1.7). CONCLUSIONS: VTE occurring in hospitalized patients carries a significantly higher risk for death of PE than in outpatients, underscoring the importance of VTE prevention strategies in the hospital setting.
Document Type: article in journal/newspaper
Language: English
ISSN: 1879-0828
20816588
Relation: European Journal of Internal Medicine; https://iris.unil.ch/handle/iris/159817; serval:BIB_AA272B70DCC8; 000281603900006
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2010.07.004
Availability: https://iris.unil.ch/handle/iris/159817
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejim.2010.07.004
Accession Number: edsbas.3FA2D3F0
Database: BASE
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ISSN:18790828
20816588
DOI:10.1016/j.ejim.2010.07.004