Assessment of the risk of venous thromboembolism in non-hospitalized patients with COVID-19

JAMA Network Open

2023-03-13

(Press-News.org) About The Study: In this study of 398,000 adult outpatients with COVID-19, the absolute risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE) was low. Several patient-level factors were associated with higher VTE risk; these findings may help identify subsets of patients with COVID-19 who may benefit from more intensive surveillance or VTE preventive strategies.

Authors: Margaret C. Fang, M.D., M.P.H., of the University of California, San Francisco, is the corresponding author.

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