Appropriateness of Pharmacologic Prophylaxis against Deep Vein Thrombosis in Medical Wards of an Ethiopian Referral Hospital

Table 1

Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of study subjects.

Characteristics	Category	Frequency	Percent (%)
sex	Female	108	52.4
	Male	98	47.6
Age	18-40	107	51.9
	41-64	63	30.6
	>=65	36	17.5
Diagnosis	CNS disorder	24	11.7
	CV disease	77	37.4
	Infectious disease	135	65.5
	Metabolic disorder	10	4.9
	GI disorder	18	8.7
	Kidney disease	17	8.3
	Others	59	28.6

Cancer, asthma, COPD, schizophrenia, epilepsy, goiter, anemia, and trauma.