Venous thromboembolism risk models in hospitalized medical patients: the time for implementation, not never-ending development

Alex C Spyropoulos^{1

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Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, Anticoagulation and Clinical Thrombosis Service, Northwell Health at Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, New York, USA.
² The Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Hempstead, New York, USA.
³ Institute of Health Systems Science, The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Manhasset, New York, USA.
⁴ Science Valley Research Institute, Santo André, São Paulo, Brazil.
⁵ Hospital e Maternidade Christóvão da Gama, Grupo DASA, Santo André, São Paulo, Brazil.
⁶ Hemostasis and Thrombosis Research Laboratories, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois, USA.

Alex C Spyropoulos et al. Res Pract Thromb Haemost. 2024.

. 2024 Jun 11;8(4):102473.

doi: 10.1016/j.rpth.2024.102473. eCollection 2024 May.

Alex C Spyropoulos^{1

2

3}, Eduardo Ramacciotti^{4

5

6}

¹ Department of Medicine, Anticoagulation and Clinical Thrombosis Service, Northwell Health at Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, New York, USA.
² The Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Hempstead, New York, USA.
³ Institute of Health Systems Science, The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Manhasset, New York, USA.
⁴ Science Valley Research Institute, Santo André, São Paulo, Brazil.
⁵ Hospital e Maternidade Christóvão da Gama, Grupo DASA, Santo André, São Paulo, Brazil.
⁶ Hemostasis and Thrombosis Research Laboratories, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois, USA.

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