Does admission to hospital with immune-mediated diseases increase the risk of subsequent venous thromboembolism?
Patients hospitalized with immune-mediated diseases may have an increased risk of subsequent VTE, potentially warranting thromboprophylaxis.
People admitted to hospital with immune-mediated diseases may be at an increased risk of subsequent VTE. Our findings need independent confirmation or refutation; but, if confirmed, there may be a role for thromboprophylaxis in some patients with these diseases.
Ramagopalan et al. (Mon,) studied this question.