The Swiss cohort of elderly patients with venous thromboembolism (SWITCO65+): rationale and methodology.


Autoria(s): Méan M.; Righini M.; Jaeger K.; Beer H.J.; Frauchiger B.; Osterwalder J.; Kucher N.; Lämmle B.; Cornuz J.; Angelillo-Scherrer A.; Rodondi N.; Limacher A.; Trelle S.; Matter C.M.; Husmann M.; Banyai M.; Aschwanden M.; Egloff M.; Mazzolai L.; Hugli O.; Bounameaux H.; Aujesky D.
Data(s)

2013

Resumo

Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is common and has a high impact on morbidity, mortality, and costs of care. Although most of the patients with VTE are aged ≥65 years, there is little data about the medical outcomes in the elderly with VTE. The Swiss Cohort of Elderly Patients with VTE (SWITCO65+) is a prospective multicenter cohort study of in- and outpatients aged ≥65 years with acute VTE from all five Swiss university and four high-volume non-university hospitals. The goal is to examine which clinical and biological factors and processes of care drive short- and long-term medical outcomes, health-related quality of life, and medical resource utilization in elderly patients with acute VTE. The cohort also includes a large biobank with biological material from each participant. From September 2009 to March 2012, 1,863 elderly patients with VTE were screened and 1003 (53.8 %) were enrolled in the cohort. Overall, 51.7 % of patients were aged ≥75 years and 52.7 % were men. By October 16, 2012, after an average follow-up time of 512 days, 799 (79.7 %) patients were still actively participating. SWITCO65+ is a unique opportunity to study short- and long-term outcomes in elderly patients with VTE. The Steering Committee encourages national and international collaborative research projects related to SWITCO65+, including sharing anonymized data and biological samples.

Identificador

http://serval.unil.ch/?id=serval:BIB_2A7B7863EF1F

isbn:1573-742X (Electronic)

pmid:23359097

doi:10.1007/s11239-013-0875-2

isiid:000326802500016

Idioma(s)

en

Fonte

Journal of Thrombosis and Thrombolysis, vol. 36, no. 4, pp. 475-483

Tipo

info:eu-repo/semantics/article

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