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Table 3 Short durations of anticoagulant treatment in relation to presenting VTE and age

From: Clinical presentation and therapeutic management of venous thrombosis in young children: a retrospective analysis

 

Duration anticoagulation shorter than 6 weeks (CVC-VTE group) or shorter than 3 months (non-CVC-VTE group)

Children aged < 0.5 year (n = 241)

Children aged 0.5–2 years (n = 68)

CVC-VTE, n = 199

36/153 (24)

8/46 (17)

Non-CVC-VTE, n = 110

35/88 (40)

7/22 (32)

  1. CVC-VTE denotes central venous catheter related venous thromboembolism