Key result
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Why the study?
Does the Geneva Risk Score accurately distinguish low-risk from high-risk hospitalised medical patients for VTE compared to the Padua Prediction Score?
Population
1,478 hospitalised medical patients enrolled in the ESTIMATE cohort study in Switzerland, of whom 637 did…
Comparison
Geneva Risk Score for VTE risk assessment vs Padua Prediction Score
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
90 days
Authors
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May support Geneva score to identify low-risk medical inpatients for omitting prophylaxis; leaves open prospective validation versus Padua score.
Does the Geneva Risk Score accurately distinguish low-risk from high-risk hospitalised medical patients for VTE compared to the Padua Prediction Score?
The Geneva Risk Score accurately predicts VTE and VTE-related mortality in hospitalised medical patients, comparing favourably with the Padua Prediction Score for identifying low-risk patients who do not require thromboprophylaxis.
Nendaz et al. (2013) studied this question. No clinical study data is present in the provided text, which consists only of journal editorial board information.
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