This continuing education offering is part of Medscape‘s series, Contemporary Topics in Antithrombotic Therapy. (You’ll need a Medscape account to view and/or accrue CME credit.)

Authors: Gary E. Raskob, PhD; Steven B. Deitelzweig, MD; Alex C. Spyropoulos, MD

CME Released: 12/22/2019; Valid for credit through: 12/22/2020

“…[W]e are going to talk about VTE, its importance in the hospital population of patients admitted with medical illness, and how we can work to reduce the burden of disease from this important condition.

About half of all hospitalizations in the United States are for medical illnesses, such as heart failure, pneumonia, stroke, and so on. Of these patients, about half of them are at risk for VTE and about 25% are at high risk for VTE.

Those who develop VTE tend to have pretty severe consequences, and these consequences persist beyond hospitalization.”