Mortality risk associated with venous thromboembolism: a systematic review and Bayesian meta-analysis

In review of 86 RCTs, 52 of them, with data from >70 000 patients, were positive, with significantly increased VTE risk in patients in control vs. treatment groups (RR 2·74; 95% CrI 2·32–3·31,p<0·0001). Meta-analysis found causal effect of VTE prevention on mortality was null.

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The Lancet Haematology