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The incidence of VTE among patients (N = 113) with severe sepsis or septic shock. Shown is the incidence of VTE of any type (All VTE) and the individual types of venous thromboembolic events, which include proximal DVT in the upper extremities, proximal DVT in the lower extremities, distal symptomatic DVT, distal asymptomatic DVT, and symptomatic PE. Patients with sepsis may have had one or more thromboses (eg DVT and PE). PE = pulmonary embolism.
