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ArticleResearch and practice in thrombosis and haemostasis2023

Outcomes in infants with unprovoked venous thromboembolism: A retrospective cohort study.

Hilary Whitworth, Lauren A Beslow, Rebecca A Hubbard, Charles E Leonard, Rebecca Scobell, Char Witmer, Leslie Raffini

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Article in Research and practice in thrombosis and haemostasis, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Hilary WhitworthDivision of Hematology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Department of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Lauren A BeslowDivision of Neurology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Departments of Neurology and Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Rebecca A HubbardDepartment of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Informatics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Charles E LeonardCenter for Real-World Effectiveness and Safety of Therapeutics, Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Informatics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Rebecca ScobellDivision of Nephrology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Department of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Char WitmerDivision of Hematology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Department of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Leslie RaffiniDivision of Hematology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Department of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia · USUniversity of Pennsylvania · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Although children aged <1 year have a relatively high rate of venous thromboembolism (VTE) compared to older children, most have additional prothrombotic risk factors. Unprovoked VTE is rare, and little is known about this population, particularly the risk of recurrent VTE. Objectives: We aimed to determine the rate of recurrent VTE in infants with prior unprovoked VTE and evaluate long-term, end-organ outcomes for infants with renal and intracranial vein thrombosis. Methods: Infants <1 year of age with an unprovoked VTE between 2003 and 2021 at a single institution were included. Time to recurrent event and anticoagulation duration were summarized using the Kaplan-Meier estimator. Neurologic outcomes were summarized with the pediatric stroke outcome measure for infants with cerebral sinovenous, medullary, or cortical vein thrombosis. Kidney outcomes were summarized with estimated glomerular filtration rates for infants with renal vein thrombosis. Anticoagulation was summarized. Results: Forty infants with intracranial, renal, portal, and extremity VTE met the inclusion criteria and were followed for a median of 4.7 years (IQR, 2.1-8.5). Most VTE events occurred during the first month of life. There was 1 recurrent event in 237 person-years of follow-up (incidence rate, 4 per 1000 [95% CI, 0.6-29.9] person-years). In outpatient follow-up, 40% of infants with intracranial thrombosis met criteria for moderate or severe neurologic outcomes and two-thirds of infants with a prior renal vein thrombosis had abnormal kidney function (estimated glomerular filtration rate < 90 mL/min/1.73 m Conclusion: There is a low rate of recurrent VTE but significant end-organ morbidity in infants with unprovoked VTE.

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infantnewbornpediatricsthrombosisvenous thromboembolism

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