A population-based perspective of the hospital incidence and case-fatality rates of deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism: the Worcester DVT Study
FA Anderson, HB Wheeler, RJ Goldberg… - Archives of internal …, 1991 - jamanetwork.com
A community-wide study was conducted in 16 short-stay hospitals in metropolitan Worcester,
Mass, to examine the incidence and case-fatality rates of deep vein thrombosis and
pulmonary embolism in patients hospitalized between July 1, 1985, and December 31,
1986. The average annual incidence of deep vein thrombosis alone was 48 per 100000,
while the incidence of pulmonary embolism with or without deep vein thrombosis was 23 per
100 000. The incidence rates of deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism increased …
Mass, to examine the incidence and case-fatality rates of deep vein thrombosis and
pulmonary embolism in patients hospitalized between July 1, 1985, and December 31,
1986. The average annual incidence of deep vein thrombosis alone was 48 per 100000,
while the incidence of pulmonary embolism with or without deep vein thrombosis was 23 per
100 000. The incidence rates of deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism increased …