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In 1856 Rudolph Virchow identified three primary risk factors — commonly called Virchow's triad — for venous thromboembolism: venous stasis, hypercoagulability, and endothelial injury.¹ Other risk factors have since been added to the list, and quantitative assessments now allow the classification of these factors as major (e.g., surgery) or minor (e.g., oral-contraceptive use).² Although the patient's sex has not been implicated as an inherent risk factor for a first episode of venous thromboembolism, pregnancy and the use of estrogen-containing oral contraceptives are recognized sex-specific factors.

The identification of risk factors is pivotal in the management of a first episode of . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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From the Pulmonary/Critical Care Division, Departments of Internal Medicine, LDS Hospital and University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City (C.G.E.); and the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla (L.J.R.).

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