Table 2.
Variable | Pre-intervention | Post-intervention | p Value | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | ||
Eligible | |||||
Post-discharge | |||||
VTE | 20 | 2.5 | 0 | 0.0 | <0.01 |
DVT | 15 | 1.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.03 |
PE | 5 | 0.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.60 |
Inpatient | |||||
VTE | 6 | 0.7 | 4 | 1.7 | 0.25 |
DVT | 6 | 0.7 | 2 | 0.8 | >0.99 |
PE | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.8 | 0.05 |
Not eligible* | |||||
Post-discharge | 12 | 0.5 | 3 | 0.6 | >0.99 |
VTE | |||||
DVT | 10 | 0.4 | 3 | 0.6 | 0.72 |
PE | 5 | 0.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.59 |
Inpatient | |||||
VTE | 41 | 0.2 | 1 | 0.2 | >0.99 |
DVT | 3 | 0.1 | 1 | 0.2 | 0.57 |
PE | 1 | 0.04 | 0 | 0.0 | >0.99 |
Patients who underwent any surgery other than abdominal surgery for malignancy or inflammatory bowel disease; n 2,834. DVT, deep vein thrombosis; PE, pulmonary embolism; VTE, venous thromboembolism.