SCIENTIFIC research and publications
With little documented on global death and disability due to VTE, the World Thrombosis Day Steering Committee published two monumental research projects: the most comprehensive scientific review of the global burden of VTE ever undertaken (more than 8,000 citations), and the first global assessment on public awareness of VTE (conducted in 9 countries and with data from more than 7,200 individuals).
Major Findings:
- VTE is far more common than most assume and is a major contributor to global burden of disease across high, middle and low incom regions
- VTE is the leading cause of premature death and disability among hospital-associated adverse events
- Public awareness of VTE is significantly lower than other conditions such as prostate cancer, breast cancer and AIDS, which case a substantially lower disease burden
- Knowledge of VTE risk factors, including hospitalization, surgery and cancer, is low as is awareness that the condition can be prevented
Full research, published in the Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis (JTH), is available for download.
Publications
Global Public Awareness of Atrial Fibrillation published in Research and Practice in Thrombosis and Haemostasis (October 2017)
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Impact of World Thrombosis Day Campaign published in Research and Practice in Thrombosis and Haemostasis (July 2017)
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Venous Thromboembolism: A Call for Risk Assessment in all Hospitalised Patients published in Thrombosis and Haemostasis (October 2016)
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WTD Study Reveals Low Awareness of VTE, DVT and PE Globally published in the Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis (July 2015)
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Thrombosis: A Major Contributor to the Global Disease Burden published in the Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis (October 2014)
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