Physics

Internal medicine

Retrospective cohort study

Propensity score matching

Pulmonary embolism

Incidence (geometry)

Optics

Odds ratio

Surgery

Venous thrombosis

Thrombosis

Deep vein

Venous thromboembolism

Cohort

Confidence interval

Medicine

The American Journal of Medicine

Current guidelines recommend pharmacologic prophylaxis for medical patients at high risk for venous thromboembolism. We aimed to assess the benefit and safety of venous thromboembolism prophylaxis in acutely ill medical patients hospitalized.

Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis in Acute Medically Ill Patients: A Retrospective Cohort Study