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Table 2 Patient outcomes

From: Thromboprophylaxis patterns and determinants in critically ill patients: a multicenter audit

Outcome

All patients (n = 1,935)

Major outcomes

 

 ICU mortality

242 (12.5)

 Hospital mortality

375 (19.4)

 Re-admitted to ICU

55 (2.8)

 ICU length of stay (days)

4 (2 to 7)

 Hospital length of stay (days)

12 (6 to 24)

Adjudicated outcomes

 

 Leg thrombus

42 (2.2)

 Nonleg thrombusa

52 (2.7)

 Pulmonary embolism

36 (1.9)

 Any venous thromboembolism

117 (6.0)

 Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia

3 (0.2)

 Major bleeding

187 (9.7)

 Any bleeding

457 (23.6)

  1. Data presented as number (percentage) or median (interquartile range). Venous thromboembolic outcomes, length of stay and mortality status of the 1,935 patients included in this audit, from 28 participating ICUs. Only the first ICU admissions during the audit month were considered. Outcomes are not mutually exclusive. aThromboses occurring in sites other than the lower extremities, including the head and neck, trunk, and upper extremities.
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