Asymptomatic and symptomatic deep venous thrombosis in hospitalized acutely ill medical patients : risk factors and therapeutic implications

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BACKGROUND: Acutely ill medical patients experience deep venous thrombosis (DVT) during the hospitalization, however the time course of DVT is still unclear.

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate risk factors in acutely ill hospitalized medical patients for proximal asymptomatic DVT (ADVT) and symptomatic DVT (SDVT) at admission and discharge.

PATIENTS/METHODS: In this prospective observational study, consecutive acutely ill medical patients (hospitalized mainly for acute medical disease as infections, neoplasm, anemia, heart failure) underwent compression ultrasonography (CUS) of proximal lower limb veins within 48 h from admission and at discharge to diagnose ADVT and SDVT. Covid-19 patients, anticoagulant therapy, surgical procedures, acute SDVT, and acute pulmonary embolism, were exclusion criteria. Biographical characteristics at hospitalization, D-Dimer (assessed by ELISA)) and DD-improve score.

RESULTS: Of 2,100 patients (1002 females, 998 males, age 71 ± 16 years) 58 (2.7%) had proximal ADVT at admission. Logistic regression analysis showed that age, and active cancer were independently associated with ADVT at admission. The median length of hospitalization was 10 days [interquartile range: 6-15]. During the hospital stay, 6 patients (0.3%) with a negative CUS at admission experienced DVT (2 SDVT and 4 ADVT). In the subgroup of patients (n = 1118), in whom D-dimer was measured at admission, D-Dimer and IMPROVE-DD score were associated with ADVT at admission (n = 37) and with all DVT (n = 42) at discharge. ROC curve defined an IMPROVE-DD score of 2.5 as the optimal cut-off for discriminating patients with and without thrombotic events.

CONCLUSIONS: We provide evidence of early development of ADVT in unselected acutely ill medical patients suggesting the need of investigating patients by CUS immediately after hospital admission (within 48 h). Advanced age, active cancer, known thrombophilia and increased IMPROVE-DD score may identify patients at risk. The benefit of anticoagulation needs to be investigated in patients with these specific risk factors and negative CUS at admission.

TRIAL REGISTRATION: NCT03157843.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:20

Enthalten in:

Thrombosis journal - 20(2022), 1 vom: 30. Nov., Seite 72

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Loffredo, Lorenzo [VerfasserIn]
Vidili, Gianpaolo [VerfasserIn]
Sciacqua, Angela [VerfasserIn]
Cogliati, Chiara [VerfasserIn]
Di Giulio, Rosella [VerfasserIn]
Bernardini, Sciaila [VerfasserIn]
Ciacci, Paolo [VerfasserIn]
Pietrangelo, Antonello [VerfasserIn]
Orlando, Federica [VerfasserIn]
Paraninfi, Aurora [VerfasserIn]
Boddi, Maria [VerfasserIn]
Di Minno, Giovanni [VerfasserIn]
Falsetti, Lorenzo [VerfasserIn]
Lodigiani, Corrado [VerfasserIn]
Santoliquido, Angelo [VerfasserIn]
Ettorre, Evaristo [VerfasserIn]
Pignatelli, Pasquale [VerfasserIn]
Arezzo, Maria Felice [VerfasserIn]
Gutu, Evghenii [VerfasserIn]
Harenberg, Job [VerfasserIn]
Violi, Francesco [VerfasserIn]
AURELIO Study Group [VerfasserIn]
Casciaro, Marco Antonio [Sonstige Person]
Morelli, Sergio [Sonstige Person]
Accapezzato, Daniele [Sonstige Person]
Rossi, Elisabetta [Sonstige Person]
Palumbo, Ilaria Maria [Sonstige Person]
Pannunzio, Arianna [Sonstige Person]
Fallarino, Alessia [Sonstige Person]
Maggio, Enrico [Sonstige Person]
Bocchini, Valeria Proietti [Sonstige Person]
Gioia, Chiara [Sonstige Person]
Izzo, Raffaella [Sonstige Person]
Luongo, Raffaella [Sonstige Person]
Cosenza, Mattia [Sonstige Person]
Bisciglia, Maria Francesca [Sonstige Person]
Battaglia, Simona [Sonstige Person]
Pirillo, Lohengrin Stefania [Sonstige Person]
Capozza, Alessandro [Sonstige Person]
Summa, Maria Luna [Sonstige Person]
Armentaro, Giuseppe [Sonstige Person]
Volpentesta, Mara [Sonstige Person]
Rullo, Raissa [Sonstige Person]
Baldinia, Lorenzo [Sonstige Person]
Arienti, Vincenzo [Sonstige Person]
Meloni, Pier Luigi [Sonstige Person]
Sauchella, Assunta [Sonstige Person]
Melis, Sara [Sonstige Person]
Berria, Maria [Sonstige Person]
Solinas, Beatrice [Sonstige Person]
Vilardi, Luca [Sonstige Person]
Sarobba, Paola [Sonstige Person]
Pisanu, Manuela [Sonstige Person]
Mangatia, Paolo [Sonstige Person]
Cringoli, Maurizio [Sonstige Person]
Blanca, Deborah [Sonstige Person]
Casella, Francesco [Sonstige Person]
Vegetti, Alberto [Sonstige Person]
Crociani, Andrea [Sonstige Person]
Donnarumma, Emilia [Sonstige Person]
Pacciani, Giulia [Sonstige Person]
Rovereto, Rossella [Sonstige Person]
Lunardi, Sarah [Sonstige Person]
Tufano, Antonella [Sonstige Person]
Pacetti, Veronica [Sonstige Person]
Domenicali, Marco [Sonstige Person]
Leopoldo, Pier [Sonstige Person]
Ceci, Fabrizio [Sonstige Person]

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Themen:

Anticoagulants
Asymptomatic deep venous thrombosis
Compression ultrasound
Deep venous thrombosis
Journal Article
Medical patient

Anmerkungen:

Date Revised 13.12.2022

published: Electronic

ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT03157843

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1186/s12959-022-00433-8

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM34963839X