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Risk Factors for Venous Thromboembolism After Lung Transplantation
- Source :
- Chest. 132:547-553
- Publication Year :
- 2007
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2007.
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Abstract
- The risk factors for venous thromboembolism (VTE) following lung transplantation are not well established. We aimed to estimate the incidence of VTE and to identify the risk factors for VTE after lung transplantation.We performed a nested case-control study within the cohort of 121 patients who underwent lung transplantation at our center between August 2001 and July 2005. Control subjects were matched to case patients on the number of days from the time of transplant. Cox proportional hazards models were used to identify risk factors for VTE.Twenty-four patients had deep vein thromboses, and 6 patients had pulmonary emboli (3 patients had both) [22% of the cohort]. In multivariate models, older age (p0.05), diabetes mellitus (p = 0.03), and pneumonia (p = 0.02) were associated with a higher rate of VTE.VTE is a frequent complication of lung transplantation. Older age, diabetes, and pneumonia increase the rate of VTE. Future studies of intensive VTE prophylaxis may be warranted.
- Subjects :
- Male
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
medicine.medical_specialty
medicine.medical_treatment
New York
Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine
Rate ratio
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
Postoperative Complications
Risk Factors
Internal medicine
Confidence Intervals
Odds Ratio
Humans
Medicine
Lung transplantation
cardiovascular diseases
Risk factor
Retrospective Studies
Venous Thrombosis
business.industry
Proportional hazards model
Incidence
Age Factors
Angiography, Digital Subtraction
Ultrasonography, Doppler
Phlebography
Middle Aged
equipment and supplies
medicine.disease
Pulmonary embolism
Surgery
Transplantation
Cohort
Female
Pulmonary Embolism
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
business
Follow-Up Studies
Lung Transplantation
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 00123692
- Volume :
- 132
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Chest
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....2857cd91858248cbb9c3bde7601285fb