Table 2 Hospital management of cancer patients with venous thromboembolism, during (initial and subsequent) venous thromboembolism-related hospital stays

Arrival at the hospital through the emergency room, yes (%)

1,495 (32%)

4,207 (35%)

974 (32%)

3,166 (34%)

1,666 (35%)

Duration of the index hospital stay

    mean (± SD), days

12.0 (± 13.3)

11.8 (± 13.8)

15.2 (± 18.9)

13.1 (± 16.1)

10.1 (± 12.9)

    median [1^st and 3^rd quartiles], days

8 [3-18]

8 [3-16]

10 [3-20]

8 [3-17]

6 [2-13]

Hospital departments visited, n (%)

 Resuscitation department

9 (< 1%)

48 (1%)

13 (1%)

49 (1%)

11 (< 1%)

 Intensive care unit

55 (2%)

221 (3%)

58 (3%)

172 (3%)

101 (3%)

 Continuous monitoring

49 (2%)

157 (2%)

52 (2%)

177 (3%)

47 (1%)

Procedures, n (%)

 Vena cava filter insertion

120 (4%)

248 (3%)

120 (5%)

261 (4%)

56 (2%)

 Fibrinolysis

6 (< 1%)

38 (< 1%)

12 (1%)

39 (1%)

8 (< 1%)

 Thromboaspiration

5 (< 1%)

19 (< 1%)

10 (< 1%)

2 (< 1%)

3 (< 1%)

 Thrombectomy

4 (< 1%)

5 (< 1%)

5 (< 1%)

2 (< 1%)

0 (0%)

 None of the above

3,102 (96%)

8,029 (96%)

2,085 (93%)

6,707 (96%)

3,547 (98%)

Discharge mode, n (%)

 Sent home

2,902 (63%)

7,813 (64%)

1,925 (62%)

6,584 (70%)

3,375 (70%)

 Transferred to another unit or hospital

883 (19%)

2,545 (21%)

639 (21%)

1,996 (21%)

993 (21%)

 In hospital mortality

839 (18%)

1,842 (15%)

521 (17%)

855 (9%)

465 (10%)