Research Article
Appropriateness of Pharmacologic Prophylaxis against Deep Vein Thrombosis in Medical Wards of an Ethiopian Referral Hospital
Table 2
Risk factors for thromboembolism among study subjects.
| | Risk factor | Points given | Patients with a risk factor (%) |
| | Critically ill | 4 | 73 (35.4%) | | Active Cancer | 3 | 18 (8.7%) | | Previous VTE | 3 | 1 (0.5%) | | Reduced Mobility | 3 | 44 (21.4%) | | Thrombophilic Condition | 3 | 4 (1.9%) | | Recent (< 1month) Trauma/Surgery | 2 | 4 (1.9%) | | Age >= 70 years | 1 | 22 (10.7%) | | Heart or Respiratory Failure | 1 | 53 (25.7%) | | Acute Myocardial Infarction or Ischemic Stroke | 1 | 22 (10.7%) | | Acute Infection | 1 | 106 (51.5%) |
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