Table 1.

Probabilities of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE), with and without thromboprophylaxis, for each medical diagnosis. DVT, deep vein thrombosis; PE, pulmonary embolism.

Medical diagnosis	Probability of DVT without prophylaxis	Probability of DVT with prophylaxis	Probability of PE without prophylaxis	Probability of PE with prophylaxis
Heart failure	0.146	0.040	0.015	0.004
Respiratory failure	0.131	0.051	0.014	0.005
Pneumonia	0.165	0.046	0.017	0.005
Cancer	0.195	0.097	0.020	0.010
Acute myocardial infarction	0.240	0.075	0.025	0.008
Arthropathy/spondylopathy	0.207	0.100	0.021	0.010
Stroke	0.727	0.102	0.075	0.011
Sepsis	0.155	0.063	0.016	0.007
Non-surgical trauma	0.181	0.060	0.019	0.006
Paralysis/coma	0.160	0.040	0.017	0.004