Bleeding Risk Scores Identified Patients With DVT or PE at Low Risk of Bleeding

Summary

A secondary analysis of pooled data from the EINSTEIN-DVT and EINSTEIN-PE studies demonstrated the utility of 4 different bleeding risk scores to identify patients with deep vein thrombosis or pulmonary embolism who are at a low risk of bleeding. Patients aged < 65 years and without a history of bleeding or significant comorbidities had a rate of major bleeding of < 0.5% at 30 days.

  • Deep vein thrombosis
  • EINSTEIN-DVT study
  • EINSTEIN-PE study
  • major bleeding
  • pulmonary embolism
  • rivaroxaban
  • venous thromboembolism
  • VTE
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