Dehydration as a Possible Cause of Monthly Variation in the Incidence of Venous Thromboembolism

Conclusions: The current study demonstrates that occurrence of VTE exhibits monthly variation also existing in patients with provoked events and even in those with cancer. Dehydration is suggested as a potential explanation to the month-related variation in incidence of VTE.

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Source: Clinical and Applied Thrombosis/Hemostasis - August 3, 2016 Category: Hematology Authors: Elias, S., Hoffman, R., Saharov, G., Brenner, B., Nadir, Y. Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research