全球内科急症患者VTE预防调查研究—ENDORSE 研究.pdfVIP

Articles Venous thromboembolism risk and prophylaxis in the acute hospital care setting (ENDORSE study): a multinational cross-sectional study Alexander T Cohen, Victor F Tapson, Jean-Francois Bergmann, Samuel Z Goldhaber, Ajay K Kakkar, Bruno Deslandes, Wei Huang, Maksim Zayaruzny, Leigh Emery, Frederick A Anderson Jr, for the ENDORSE Investigators* Summary Background Information about the variation in the risk for venous thromboembolism (VTE) and in prophylaxis Lancet 2008; 371: 387–94 practices around the world is scarce. The ENDORSE (Epidemiologic International Day for the Evaluation of Patients See Comment page 361 at Risk for Venous Thromboembolism in the Acute Hospital Care Setting) study is a multinational cross-sectional *Members listed at end of paper survey designed to assess the prevalence of VTE risk in the acute hospital care setting, and to determine the proportion King’s College Hospital, of at-risk patients who receive eff ective prophylaxis. London, UK (A T Cohen MD); Duke University Medical Methods All hospital inpatients aged 40 years or over admitted to a medical ward, or those aged 18 years or over Center, Durham, NC, USA (V F Tapson MD); Hôpital admitted to a surgical ward, in 358 hospitals across 32 coun