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Venous thromboembolic (VTE) disease, including deep venous thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE), is one of the major causes of morbidity and mortality in hospital patients across the UK. It has a reported incidence of 1:1,000 for DVT in the general population and reportedly caused 1:10 of all inpatient hospital deaths in the UK in the 1980s.
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McHugh, P. (2012). Deep Venous Thrombosis (DVT) Prevention. In: Payne, S., Eardley, I., O'Flynn, K. (eds) Imaging and Technology in Urology. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-2422-1_56
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