Post Discharge Risk of Venous Thromboembolism in a Primary Care Population

Introduction: Among all venous thromboembolism (VTE) events, 20% occur during or in the three months following a hospitalization. Inpatient VTE prevention strategies incorporate pharmacological interventions that do not commonly continue after discharge. Recent trials of post-discharge prophylaxis have not identified benefit among recently discharged patients, probably due to lack of understanding of the relative and absolute risks of VTE after...