Pregnancy and Venous Thromboembolism: Risk Factors, Trends, Management, and Mortality.

Conclusion: Pregnancy was the most common provoking factor for VTE in our study. Pregnant women should undergo formal, written assessments of risk factors for VTE at the first visit and delivery. Larger studies with a randomized design, and control groups are required to confirm the current findings. PMID: 32351991 [PubMed - in process]

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Source: Biomed Res - May 1, 2020 Category: Research Authors: Alsheef MA, Alabbad AM, Albassam RA, Alarfaj RM, Zaidi ARZ, Al-Arfaj O, Abu-Shaheen A Tags: Biomed Res Int Source Type: research