Prevalence of deep venous thrombosis in the lower extremities of children in the intensive care unit

Abstract

Children in an ICU setting are at significantly lower risk for thrombosis than adults in the same setting.

Characterization of central venous catheter–associated deep venous thrombosis in infants

“…Interestingly, there are multiple reviews in the pediatric and adult literature citing an increased DVT rate with femoral catheters [6,[23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30]. In studies that separate patients by age, smaller patients (b1 year old) are found to have a higher incidence of femoral CVC-associated DVTs than any other group [5,6].…”

Long-term follow-up of Greenfield inferior vena cava filter placement in children

“…[4][5][6][7] DVT occurs less frequently in children than in adults, but when it does, it has the same potential for pulmonary embolization and death. [8][9][10][11][12] Anticoagulation with heparin and Coumadin is standard therapy for the treatment of DVT in children, just as it is in adults. Occasionally, however, anticoagulation therapy is ineffective in protecting against a pulmonary embolism or is contraindicated because of hemorrhage or recent trauma.…”

Venous thromboembolism following inpatient pediatric surgery: Analysis of 153,220 patients

“…[2,3,19,20] Several publications have reported VTE rates in the hospitalized pediatric population [2,3,[21][22][23] and in the intensive care population. [20,24,25] To date, no study has investigated the pediatric inpatient surgical population as a whole while comparing rates between procedures and subspecialties.…”