Research Article
Venous Thromboembolism in Critically Ill Cirrhotic Patients: Practices of Prophylaxis and Incidence
Table 3
Outcomes of patients in the cohort according to cirrhosis status.
| | | Cirrhotic patients
| Noncirrhotic patients
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| | Venous thromboembolism, (%) | 2 (2.7) | 55 (7.6) | 0.11 | | Deep venous thrombosis alone | 2 (2.7) | 27 (3.7) | 0.64 | | Pulmonary embolism alone | 0 (0) | 24 (3.3) | 0.11 | | Deep venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism | 0 (0) | 4 (0.6) | 0.52 | | Duration of MV (days) | | | 0.09 | | ICU LOS (days) | | | <0.0001 | | Hospital LOS (days) | | | <0.0001 | | ICU mortality, (%) | 48 (64.0) | 123 (17.0) | <0.0001 | | Hospital mortality, (%) | 60 (80.0) | 226 (31.3) | <0.0001 |
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ICU: intensive care unit; LOS: length of stay; MV: mechanical ventilation.
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