Incidence of Venous Thromboembolism in Children Undergoing Elective Neurosurgical Procedures

Indiana University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Deep Vein Thrombosis

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02037607

1208009386

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine how frequently children undergoing elective neurosurgical procedures develop blood clots in the deep veins of the legs while hospitalized. The information gained from this study will help us determine when children children need to receive therapy to help prevent this type of blood clot from forming.

Enrollment: 100 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 1 month to 12 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients age 1 month-12 years undergoing elective neurosurgical procedures.

Exclusion criteria

• Patients undergoing outpatient neurosurgical procedures
• Patients with known DVT
• Patients with known hypercoagulable state
• Patients at high risk for DVT (discretion of surgeon in consultation with the hematology service)