Meeting
Abstract Number: 119
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Background: Prophylactic anticoagulation is effective at reducing the risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE), but can also increase the risk of bleeding. Whether anticoagulant prophylaxis should be modified for underweight patients to minimize bleeding complications is unknown. We sought to determine whether being underweight is associated with the risk of major bleeding in hospitalized medical patients […]