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Clinical outcome of patients with major bleeding after venous thromboembolism. Findings from the RIETE Registry.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  18989522     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
The natural history of patients with venous thromboembolism (VTE) who develop a major bleeding complication while on anticoagulant therapy is not well known. RIETE is a prospective registry of consecutive patients with symptomatic, objectively confirmed, acute VTE. The clinical characteristics, treatment decisions and outcome of all VTE patients who had major bleeding during the first three months of anticoagulant therapy were retrospectively studied. As of January 2007, 17, 368 patients were included in RIETE. Of these, 407 (2.3%) had major bleeding during the study period: 144 gastrointestinal, 119 haematoma, 51 intracranial, 43 genitourinary, 50 other. In 286 (69%) patients anticoagulant therapy was discontinued, in 74 (18%) not modified, in 38 (9.1%) a vena cava filter was inserted. During the first 30 days after bleeding, 24 (5.9%) patients re-bled, 20 (4.9%) had recurrent VTE, 133 (33%) died. Of these, 75 died of bleeding, 12 of recurrent pulmonary embolism. Most deaths occurred shortly after the bleeding episode (median: 1 day). On multivariate analysis, insertion of a vena cava filter was the only variable independently associated with a lower incidence of fatal bleeding (odds ratio [OR]: 0.10; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.01-0.79) and all-cause mortality (OR: 0.21; 95% CI: 0.07-0.63). In conclusion, the occurrence of major bleeding in patients with VTE is outstanding in terms of overall mortality (33% within 30 days), fatal bleeding (18%) or re-bleeding (5.9%). However, these patients also have an increased incidence of recurrent VTE (4.9%) and fatal pulmonary embolism (1.2%).
Authors:
José Antonio Nieto; Timoteo Camara; Elena Gonzalez-Higueras; Nuria Ruiz-Gimenez; Ricardo Guijarro; Pablo Javier Marchena; Manuel Monreal;
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Multicenter Study; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Thrombosis and haemostasis     Volume:  100     ISSN:  0340-6245     ISO Abbreviation:  Thromb. Haemost.     Publication Date:  2008 Nov 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2008-11-07     Completed Date:  2008-12-22     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  7608063     Medline TA:  Thromb Haemost     Country:  Germany    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  789-96     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital Virgen de la Luz, Cuenca, Spain.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Acute Disease
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Anticoagulants / adverse effects*
Argentina / epidemiology
Europe / epidemiology
Female
Hemorrhage / chemically induced*,  mortality
Humans
Israel / epidemiology
Male
Middle Aged
Odds Ratio
Pulmonary Embolism / etiology,  mortality,  prevention & control*
Recurrence
Registries
Retrospective Studies
Risk Assessment
Time Factors
Treatment Outcome
Vena Cava Filters
Venous Thromboembolism / complications,  drug therapy*,  mortality
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Anticoagulants
Investigator
Investigator/Affiliation:
J I Arcelus / ; R Barba / ; A Blanco / ; M Barron / ; I Casado / ; I Canas / ; F Conget / ; M De Zarraga / ; C Falga / ; C Fernandez-Capitan / ; L L Font / ; P Gallego / ; F Garcia-Bragado / ; R Guijarro / ; J Gutierrez / ; M R Gutierrez / ; L Hernandez / ; S Herrera / ; D Jimenez / ; P Jimenez / ; R Lecumberri / ; L Lopez / ; I Lopez / ; A Maestre / ; P J Marchena / ; J J Martin-Villasclaras / ; M Monreal / ; J Montes / ; M D Naufall / ; J A Nieto / ; M T Orue / ; R Otero / ; M Provenza / ; R Rabunal / ; A Riera / ; C Rodriguez / ; V Rosa / ; N Ruiz-Gimenez / ; M D Ruiz-Ribo / ; R Sandoval / ; J C Sahuquillo / ; A L Samperiz / ; J F Sanchez / ; R Sanchez / ; M Santa-Olalla / ; S Soler / ; M J Soto / ; R Tirado / ; J A Todoli / ; C Tolosa / ; F Uresandi / ; B Vasco / ; M Valdes / ; V Valdes / ; R Valle / ; J Vela / ; P Mismetti / ; K Rivron-Guillot / ; H Boccalon / ; D El Kouri / ; P Le Corvoisier / ; I Quere / ; F Dalla / ; R Duce / ; I Enea / ; R Poggio / ; P Prandoni / ; A Schenone / ; T Surico / ; E Tiraferri / ; A Visona /

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