Venous thromboembolism in patients hospitalized for hip joint replacement surgery

Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a potentially life-threatening disease. Major transient risk factors include trauma, surgery, and immobilization. Patients undergoing hip joint replacement (HJR) are characterized by a high risk of postoperative VTE, but data on the time trends of VTE rates in this population are sparse.

Source: Thrombosis Research - March 26, 2020 Category: Hematology Authors: Karsten Keller, Lukas Hobohm, Stefano Barco, Irene Schmidtmann, Thomas M ünzel, Martin Engelhardt, Markus Goldhofer, Stavros V. Konstantinides, Philipp Drees Tags: Full Length Article Source Type: research