The aim of this study was to: (a) identify risk factors for the development of venothromboembolism in a trauma population, (b) evaluate whether risk factors vary with increasing Injury Severity Score (ISS), and (c) assess the predictive ability of the Risk Assessment Profile for Thromboembolism (RAPT) in this trauma population. There were 7532 admissions for trauma between 1993 and 1998 to the Montreal General Hospital trauma center. A nested case-control design was used. Cases were defined as all patients with radiological evidence of either a deep venous thrombosis or pulmonary embolus during their admission. Controls were patients satisfying the same inclusion criteria who did not suffer a symptomatic deep venous thrombosis or pulmonary embolism while in hospital, did not have evidence of deep venous thrombosis prior to the traumatic event, and found to be free of any symptomatic thromboembolic events on consequent follow up. Patients were divided into three categories, ISS 1--24 (mild-moderate injuries), ISS 25--59 (moderate-severe injuries), and ISS 60--75 (severe-fatal injuries). (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.29577 |
| Date | January 2002 |
| Creators | Nikolis, Andreas |
| Contributors | Sampalis, J. S. (advisor) |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Master of Science (Division of Surgical Research.) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: 002031188, proquestno: MQ98838, Theses scanned by UMI/ProQuest. |
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