Key result
Clinical diagnosis misses ~73% of pulmonary emboli detected at autopsy.
Why the study?
Surgery predisposes patients to venous thromboembolism, but diagnosis is unreliable and prophylaxis remains underused despite risks and costs.
Design
Review
Follow-up
Up to 1 month postoperatively
Authors
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Autopsy data on silent rapid PE deaths support prophylaxis research; leaves open optimal strategies pending prospective trials.
Postoperative venous thromboembolism is often clinically silent and rapidly fatal, highlighting the critical need for effective and widely implemented prophylaxis.
Wet et al. (1999) conducted a review in Venous thromboembolism. Clinical diagnosis of venous thromboembolism is unreliable, as autopsy findings indicate that 73% of pulmonary emboli diagnosed at autopsy were not detected clinically.
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