All Outputs (5)

Defining venous thromboembolism and measuring its incidence using Swedish health registries: a nationwide pregnancy cohort study (2015)
Journal Article

Objective: To accurately define venous thromboembolism (VTE) in the routinely collected Swedish health registers and quantify its incidence in and around pregnancy. Study design: Cohort study using data from the Swedish Medical Birth Registry (MBR)... Read More about Defining venous thromboembolism and measuring its incidence using Swedish health registries: a nationwide pregnancy cohort study.

Variation in the risk of venous thromboembolism following colectomy (2015)
Journal Article

Background: Guidelines recommend extended thromboprophylaxis following colectomy for malignant disease, but not for non-malignant disease. The aim of this study was to determine absolute and relative rates of venous thromboembolism (VTE) following co... Read More about Variation in the risk of venous thromboembolism following colectomy.

Decreased fertility rates in 9639 women diagnosed with inflammatory bowel disease: a United Kingdom population-based cohort study (2015)
Journal Article

Background: Clinical studies have reported reduced fertility in women with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Aim: To compare fertility rates in women with IBD to those in women without IBD and assess whether the relative fertility differed followi... Read More about Decreased fertility rates in 9639 women diagnosed with inflammatory bowel disease: a United Kingdom population-based cohort study.

Risk of venous thromboembolism in children after general surgery (2015)
Journal Article

Background/purpose: The purpose of the study was to determine absolute and relative rates of venous thromboembolism (VTE) following general surgical procedures in children compared to the general population. Methods: We analyzed data from all pat... Read More about Risk of venous thromboembolism in children after general surgery.

Risk of acute appendicitis in and around pregnancy: a population-based cohort study from England (2015)
Journal Article

Objective: To determine the absolute and relative risk of acute appendicitis during the antepartum and postpartum periods compared with the time outside pregnancy among women of childbearing age. Background: Acute appendicitis is the most common... Read More about Risk of acute appendicitis in and around pregnancy: a population-based cohort study from England.