Retrospective Study to Review Patients at Risk for VTE at Hospital Discharge

VTE Prophylaxis Across the Continuum of Care: High Risk Patients at Hospital Discharge

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT00604370

Enrollment

2500

Registered

2008-01-30

Start date

2008-02-29

Completion date

2011-12-31

Last updated

2012-02-10

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Conditions

Venous Thromboembolism

Brief summary

An investigator initiated study exploring VTE prophylaxis at the time of hospital discharge.

Detailed description

It appears likely that many patients will remain at risk for VTE at the time of hospital discharge. These risks will go unrecognized, and discharge prophylaxis orders will not be prescribed. To test this hypothesis, we will perform a retrospective review of approximately 2,500 patients at Brigham and Women's Hospital at risk for VTE at the time of hospital discharge to determine what proportion received VTE prophylaxis. We will correlate the implementation of discharge VTE prophylaxis with the occurrence of symptomatic DVT and pulmonary embolism within 90 days of hospital discharge. We will also conduct a substudy of this patient population to determine adherence to VTE prophylaxis among hospitalized patients.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

CASE_CONTROL

Time perspective

RETROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

17 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Acutely ill medical and surgical patients with a risk score of 4 or greater without prophylaxis or a risk score of 4 or greater with anticoagulation at hospital discharge.

Exclusion criteria

* None.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Symptomatic PE/DVT within 90 days of hospital discharge.	90 days

Outcome results