Case-crossover study to examine the change in postpartum risk of pulmonary embolism over time

• Main Authors: Grégoire Ficheur (Author), Alexandre Caron (Author), Jean-Baptiste Beuscart (Author), Laurie Ferret (Author), Yu-Jin Jung (Author), Charles Garabedian (Author), Régis Beuscart (Author), Emmanuel Chazard (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2017-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Although the current guidelines recommend anticoagulation up until 6 weeks after delivery in women at high risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE), the risk of VTE may extend beyond 6 weeks. Our objective was to estimate the risk of a pulmonary embolism in successive 2-week interval...