Table 3.
Factor Type | Reason Seen | Count of Times Factor was Present* |
Hypercoagulability | Malignancy (last treatment >1 year prior) | 6 |
Thrombophilia | 3 | |
Rheumatologic disease | 2 | |
Pregnancy or postpartum state | 1 | |
Exogenous estrogen | 1 | |
Cocaine use | 1 | |
Dialysis-dependent chronic kidney disease | 1 | |
Family history of PE | 1 | |
Hemodynamic Changes | Travel ≥ 4 hours | 7 |
Provider-acknowledged Gestalt-elevating Factors | Patient history of non-VTE thrombosis | 2 |
Patent foramen ovale | 1 |
These categories were not mutually exclusive; there are 18 encounters represented in the 26 factors listed above due to patients presenting with two or more factors at once