Incidence of hospital-acquired venous thromboembolic disease.

There is limited knowledge of the incidence of venous thromboembolic disease (VTE) during hospitalization, since most of these are community-based data.To estimate the incidence rate (IR) of VTE developed during hospitalization.Prospective cohort of all inpatients admitted in a university tertiary hospital, in Argentina. The inclusion criteria were defined as: adult patients consecutively admitted from July/2006 to August/2013, for any cause....