Comparative Performance of Clinical Risk Assessment Models for Hospital-Acquired Venous Thromboembolism in Medical Patients.

Blondon, Marc; Spirk, David; Kucher, Nils; Aujesky, Drahomir; Hayoz, Daniel; Beer, Jürg H; Husmann, Marc; Frauchiger, Beat; Korte, Wolfgang; Wuillemin, Walter Alfred; Bounameaux, Henri; Righini, Marc; Nendaz, Mathieu (2018). Comparative Performance of Clinical Risk Assessment Models for Hospital-Acquired Venous Thromboembolism in Medical Patients. Thrombosis and haemostasis, 118(1), pp. 82-89. Schattauer 10.1160/TH17-06-0403

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BACKGROUND

Improved thromboprophylaxis for acutely ill medical patients relies on valid predictions of thrombotic risks. Our aim was to compare the performance of the Improve and Geneva clinical risk assessment models (RAMs), and to simplify the current Geneva RAM.

METHODS

Medical inpatients from eight Swiss hospitals were prospectively followed during 90 days, for symptomatic venous thromboembolism (VTE) or VTE-related death. We compared discriminative performance and calibration of the RAMs, using time-to-event methods with competing risk modelling of non-VTE death.

RESULTS

In 1,478 patients, the 90-day VTE cumulative incidence was 1.6%. Discrimination of the Improve and Geneva RAM was similar, with a 30-day AUC (areas under the curve) of 0.78 (95% CI [confidence interval]: 0.65-0.92) and 0.81 (0.73-0.89), respectively. According to the Improve RAM, 68% of participants were at low risk (0.8% VTE at 90 days), and 32% were at high risk (4.7% VTE), with a sensitivity of 73%. According to the Geneva RAM, 35% were at low risk (0.6% VTE) and 65% were at high risk (2.8% VTE), with a sensitivity of 90%. Among patients without thromboprophylaxis, the sensitivity was numerically greater in the Geneva RAM (85%) than in the Improve RAM (54%). We derived a simplified Geneva RAM with comparable discrimination and calibration as the original Geneva RAM.

CONCLUSIONS

We found comparably good discrimination of the Improve and Geneva RAMs. The Improve RAM classified more patients as low risk, but with possibly lower sensitivity and greater VTE risks, suggesting that a lower threshold for low risk (<2) should be used. The simplified Geneva RAM may represent an alternative to the Geneva RAM with enhanced usability.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

04 Faculty of Medicine > Pre-clinic Human Medicine > Institute of Pharmacology
04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of General Internal Medicine (DAIM) > Clinic of General Internal Medicine
04 Faculty of Medicine > Pre-clinic Human Medicine > BioMedical Research (DBMR) > Forschungsbereich Mu50 > Forschungsgruppe Angiologie
04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Cardiovascular Disorders (DHGE) > Clinic of Angiology

UniBE Contributor:

Spirk, David, Kucher, Nils, Aujesky, Drahomir, Wuillemin, Walter Alfred

Subjects:

600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health

ISSN:

0340-6245

Publisher:

Schattauer

Language:

English

Submitter:

Tobias Tritschler

Date Deposited:

24 Jan 2019 15:57

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 15:24

Publisher DOI:

10.1160/TH17-06-0403

PubMed ID:

29304528

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.123167

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/123167

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