Key result
Cancer, surgery/trauma, congenital heart disease, and systemic lupus erythematosus account for approximately 95% of venous thromboembolism cases in pediatric patients.
The vast majority of pediatric VTE cases are associated with specific underlying conditions such as cancer, surgery/trauma, congenital heart disease, and systemic lupus erythematosus.
May inform targeted prophylaxis in high-risk pediatric subgroups; leaves open need for prospective validation.
Approximately 95% of cases of VTE in pediatric patients occur in those with cancer, surgery/trauma, congenital heart disease, and systemic lupus erythematosus.
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Oschman et al. (2010) studied this question. Cancer, surgery/trauma, congenital heart disease, and systemic lupus erythematosus account for approximately 95% of venous thromboembolism cases in pediatric patients.
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