| アブストラクト | BACKGROUND: In general practice, superficial venous thrombosis (SVT) is considered a benign condition that does not require anticoagulant treatment. However, a small but not insignificant subgroup of patients will develop serious thrombotic complications, such as deep venous thrombosis (DVT) and/or pulmonary embolism (PE). Tailored anticoagulant treatment in high-risk patients might prevent these complications, yet tools for clinical decision-making are currently lacking. OBJECTIVES: To develop a multivariable prediction model to identify specific SVT subgroups at higher or lower risk of developing DVT/PE to aid clinical decision-making. METHODS: Data from general practices in the longitudinal routine care UK Clinical Practice Research Datalink Aurum database were used in this study, covering the period from 2000 to 2021. A multivariable prediction model was developed for adult SVT patients to predict the outcome of DVT and/or PE within 90 days after the first consultation for SVT. Prespecified predictors were biological sex, age, (history of) cancer, history of DVT/PE, and absence of varicose veins. The model's performance was evaluated using bootstrapping and internal-external cross-validation. RESULTS: Of all identified patients with SVT (N = 293 166; median age, 61 years [IQR, 46-73]; 33% male), 10 301 (3.5%) developed DVT or PE within 90 days. The risk was highest in the first days after the SVT consultation: 51% of DVTs/PEs were diagnosed within 1 week, and 77% within 30 days. The C-statistic of the model was 0.66 (95% CI, 0.66-0.67), and the model showed good calibration (intercept = 0.04, slope = 1.01). High-risk patients with a predicted risk of >/=5% (9.7% of the total population) had a history of DVT/PE or were male with (a history of) cancer. CONCLUSION: In community SVT patients, the average risk of DVT/PE development within 90 days of follow-up is 3.5%. This simple prediction model showed good performance in predicting the short-term risk of DVT/PE and could be used to rule out thrombotic complications in this setting, but also to identify a subgroup of patients at higher risk in whom further diagnostic testing for concomitant DVT/PE and/or short-term preventive anticoagulant treatment should be considered to prevent clot progression. |
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| ジャーナル名 | Journal of thrombosis and haemostasis : JTH |
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| Pubmed追加日 | 2026/7/8 |
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| 投稿者 | van Royen, Florien S; van Smeden, Maarten; van Doorn, Sander; Souverein, Patrick; van Amsterdam, Wouter A C; Rutten, Frans H; Sheppard, James P; Geersing, Geert-Jan |
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| 組織名 | Department of General Practice & Nursing Science, Julius Center for Health;Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University,;Utrecht, The Netherlands. Electronic address: f.s.vanroyen-5@umcutrecht.nl.;Department of Data Science & Biostatistics, Julius Center for Health Sciences and;Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The;Netherlands.;Utrecht, The Netherlands.;Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Clinical Pharmacology, Utrecht Institute for;Pharmaceutical Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands.;Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford,;Oxford, United Kingdom. |
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| Pubmed リンク | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/42413826/ |
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