While the overall incidence of venous thrombosis is 1–2 per 1000 per year, it is close to 1%
per year in the very old. The case–fatality rate of thrombosis is high in the elderly, particularly …

The incidence of venous thrombosis (VT) increases sharply with age: it is very rare in young
individuals (< 1 per 10 000 per year) but increases to∼ 1% per year in the elderly, which …

There is a growing proportion of the elderly population in the Western world, and these
individuals require special considerations regarding a broad variety of aspects, including …

Abstract Approximately 50–75% of patients with venous thromboembolism have a readily
identifiable risk factor, either transient or permanent, whereas the remaining episodes are …

Venous thromboembolism (VTE) comprises deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary
embolism (PE) both of which account for N250, 000 hospitalizations annually in the United …

Background While the incidence of venous thromboembolism increases with age, little is
known about its contemporary management or outcomes in older patients. Our goal was to …

Medicine is gradually adapting to the challenges presented by a rapidly aging society.
Although “aging” itself is not a disease, older people are more likely to have illnesses, and …

In this review the authors discuss the use of oral and parenteral anticoagulants for the
prevention and treatment of venous thromboembolism (VTE) in the elderly. The use of …

The risk of venous thromboembolism increases with age. This increasing risk is associated
with a concurrent enhancement of coagulation activation and gradual development of a …

While the magnitude of venous thromboembolism (VTE) increases dramatically with
advancing age, relatively little is known about the contemporary management of VTE in the …