This thesis was about thrombomebolic disease in pregnancy. The incidence of venous thromboembolism (VTE) probably increases 2- to 4-fold when a woman becomes pregnant. I looked on this problem from many aspects. I looked on health care from her gynaecologist and eventually hematologist, recognition her VTE risk, laboratory tests and her medication. I looked on effectivity of medication too.

La sévérité potentielle de la thrombose veineuse superficielle (TVS) des membres inférieurs a récemment été documentée par des études réalisées en soins secondaires et tertiaires. Son épidémiologie reste cependant inconnue en soins primaires. Le premier objectif de ce travail était de mesurer la prévalence de la TVS en soins primaires, ainsi que le taux d'évènements thromboemboliques concomitants au moment du diagnostic. Pour y répondre, un réseau de recherche collaborative entre médecins généralistes et médecins vasculaires de la région stéphanoise a été mis en place. Une étude transversale descriptive a été réalisée au sein de ce réseau pendant un an. La prévalence annuelle de la TVS a été mesurée à 0,64 pour mille habitants. Au moment du diagnostic, 24,6% des TVS étaient associées à une thrombose veineuse profonde symptomatique et 4,7% à une embolie pulmonaire symptomatique. Une seconde étude a recherché une variation saisonnière de la fréquence de la TVS en analysant les données individuelles de trois études aux designs différents ; l'étude STENOX, l'étude POST et l'étude STEPH. Une variation significative n'a été retrouvée que dans l'étude POST, et les peak-to-low ratios étaient inférieurs à 1,2 dans les trois études. Ainsi, si une variation existe, celle-ci parait être de faible envergure, sans conséquence sur la pratique et la recherche / The potential severity of superficial vein thrombosis (SVT) of the lower limbs has recently been shown by studies perfomed in secondary and tertiary care. The epidemiology of SVT remains unknown in primary care. The first objective of this study was to measure the prevalence of SVT in primary care, and the rate of concomitant thromboembolic events at diagnosis. A collaborative research network between general practitioners and vascular physicians from Saint-Etienne has been set up. A cross-sectional study has been conducted within this network during one year. The annual prevalence of SVT was measured to 0.64 per thousand inhabitants. At diagnosis, 24.6% of SVT were associated with symptomatic deep vein thrombosis and 4.7% with symptomatic pulmonary embolism. A second study was looking for a seasonal variation of SVT frequency by analyzing individual data from three studies with different designs; the STENOX study, the POST study and the STEPH study. A significant variation was found only in the POST study, and peak-to-low ratios were below 1.2 in the three studies. Thus, if other more powerful and exhaustive studies could find a seasonal variation, that variation would probably be of low magnitude and without clinical significance

Background: Venous thromboembolism (VTE), comprising the conditions of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE), is a common acute cardiovascular event associated with increased long-term morbidity, functional disability, all-cause mortality, and high rates of recurrence. Major advances in identification, prophylaxis, and treatment over the past 3-decades have likely changed its clinical epidemiology. However, there are little published data describing contemporary, population-based, trends in VTE prevention and management. Objectives: To examine recent trends in the epidemiology of clinically recognized VTE and assess the risk of recurrence after a first acute episode of VTE. Methods: We used population-based surveillance to monitor trends in acute VTE among residents of the Worcester, Massachusetts, metropolitan statistical area (WMSA) from 1985 through 2009, including in-hospital and ambulatory settings. Results: Among 5,025 WMSA residents diagnosed with acute PE and/or lower-extremity DVT between 1985 and 2009 (mean age = 65 years), 46% were men and 95% were white. Age- and sex-adjusted annual event rates (per 100, 000) of clinically recognized acute first-time and recurrent VTE was 142 overall, increasing from 112 in 1985/86 to 168 in 2009, due primarily to increases in PE occurrence. During this period, non-invasive diagnostic VTE testing increased, vi while treatment shifted from the in-hospital (chiefly with warfarin and unfractionated heparin) to out-patient setting (chiefly with low-molecular-weight heparins and newer anticoagulants). Among those with community-presenting first-time VTE, subsequent 3-year cumulative event rates of key outcomes decreased from 1999 to 2009, including all-cause mortality (41% to 26%), major bleeding episodes (12% to 6%), and recurrent VTE (17% to 9%). Active-cancer (with or without chemotherapy), a hypercoagulable state, varicose vein stripping, and Inferior vena cava filter placement were independent predictors of recurrence during short- (3-month) and long-term (3-year) follow-up after a first acute episode of VTE. We developed risk score calculators for VTE recurrence based on a 3-month prognostic model for all patients and separately for patients without active cancer. Conclusions: Despite advances in identification, prophylaxis, and treatment between 1985 and 2009, the disease burden from VTE in residents of central Massachusetts remains high, with increasing annual events. Declines in the frequency of major adverse outcomes between 1999 and 2009 were reassuring. Still, mortality, major bleeding, and recurrence rates remained high, suggesting opportunities for improved prevention and treatment. Clinicians may be able to use the identified predictors of recurrence and risk score calculators to estimate the risk of VTE recurrence and tailor outpatient treatments to individual patients.