The effect of chronic liver disease on venous thromboembolism among medically managed patients in Singapore General Hospital

• Published in: Thrombosis research Vol. 136; no. 3; pp. 548 - 551
• Main Authors: Yang, Yong, Zhang, Xiao Zhu, Ng, Han Seong, Fong, Jeffrey Chern Hui, Lee, Lai Heng
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Ltd 01.09.2015
• Subjects: Age Distribution; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Causality; Chronic Disease; chronic liver disease; Comorbidity; Female; Hematology, Oncology and Palliative Medicine; Hospitals, General - statistics & numerical data; Humans; ICD-9-AM; Incidence; Liver Diseases - diagnosis; Liver Diseases - mortality; Liver Diseases - therapy; Male; Middle Aged; risk factor; Risk Factors; Sex Distribution; Singapore - epidemiology; Survival Rate; Treatment Outcome; venous thromboembolism; Venous Thromboembolism - diagnosis; Venous Thromboembolism - mortality; Venous Thromboembolism - therapy; Singapore; chronic liver disease; risk factor; venous thromboembolism; ICD-9-AM

Abstract Background Chronic liver disease (CLD) has been suggested to be associated with venous thromboembolism (VTE) in western populations. However, little is known about the risk effects of CLD on VTE among Asians. Objective To compute the prevalence of VTE among hospitalised Asian patients, and...