VTE risk among women varied based on the type of hormonal contraceptive they used. These trends persisted regardless of BMI, smoking or family history. A woman’s risk for blood clots varied by ...

Using a large U.S. health care claims database, we found that 1.58% of hospitalized medically ill patients-or about one in every 63 such admissions-develop clinical VTE over 90 days. The ...

A postpartum blood clot, also known as postpartum venous thromboembolism (VTE), is a serious condition that can occur after childbirth. The two most common types are deep vein thrombosis (DVT ...