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. 2014 May 8;7(Suppl 1):S13. doi: 10.1186/1755-8794-7-S1-S13

Table 3.

Major Hemorrhage and Thromboembolism Complications

Manual Alerts PHS Alerts P value
Patients, n 3497 3781
PT/INR measurements+ 15,790 16,704
  PT value > 50, n (%) 583 (4) 444 (3) < 0.01

Number of complications, event (person) 164 (139) 223 (171) 0.24*
  Number of thromboembolic events, event (person) 56 (50) 62 (58) 0.709*
  Number of hemorrhagic events, event (person) 108 (96) 161 (123) 0.198*

    Major hemorrhage, event (person) 94 (86) 131 (111)
    Treatment with vitamin K, event (person) 14 (12) 30 (18)

* P values calculated by comparing percentage of patients with complications in both study groups

+ Only outpatients included