Clinical characteristics and outcome of inpatients versus outpatients with venous thromboembolism: findings from the RIETE Registry.
Eur J Intern Med. 2010 Oct;21(5):377-82
Authors: Maestre A, Sánchez R, Rosa V, Aujesky D, Lorenzo A, Barillari G, Monreal M,
Patients with venous thromboembolism (VTE) treated with anticoagulants are at risk of death from pulmonary embolism (PE) and/or bleeding. However, whether patients who develop VTE in hospital have a higher complication rate than those who develop VTE in an outpatient setting is unclear.
PMID: 20816588 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]