Venous Thromboembolism Risk in Asian Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Population-Based Nationwide Inception Cohort Study

CONCLUSIONS: The IBD patients in this study were approximately two times more likely to develop VTE than the non-IBD individuals. Our findings support the need for thromboprophylaxis in Asian IBD patients with various factors that further increase the risk of VTE.PMID:34789583 | DOI:10.5009/gnl210190

Source: Gut and Liver - November 18, 2021 Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Su Young Kim Yeon Seo Cho Hyun-Soo Kim Jung Kuk Lee Hee Man Kim Hong Jun Park Hyunil Kim Jihoon Kim Dae Ryong Kang Source Type: research