Why the study?
Is a retrospective risk scoring method valid for assessing individual patient risk for VTE within 30 days after surgery?
Population
Patients assessed for risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE) within 30 days after surgery
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
30 days
Authors
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May support individualized post-surgical VTE risk assessment; leaves open prospective validation before practice change.
Is a retrospective risk scoring method valid for assessing individual patient risk for VTE within 30 days after surgery?
A retrospective risk scoring method is valid for assessing individual patient risk for venous thromboembolism within 30 days post-surgery.
Bahl et al. (2010) studied this question.
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