Table 2. Inclusion and exclusion criteria.

Inclusion Criteria

1) Hospitalized in Internal Medicine departments Jan-Jun 2014

2) Age ≥18

3) Record of Padua Score

Exclusion Criteria

4) Pregnant women

5) Patients hospitalized for venous thromboembolism (VTE)

6) Patients on anticoagulants prior to hospitalization.

7) Patients discharged from hospital with an anticoagulant of any kind provided it was not prescribed for venous thromboembolism that developed over the course of the hospitalization.

8) Patients who received full dose anticoagulants during hospitalization

9) Patients with contraindications for anticoagulant treatment

a. Platelets< 50,000

b. Recent acute bleeding

c. INR > 1.5