King's Thrombosis Centre have published an article in CHEST evaluating the impact of compulsory VTE risk assessment on the incidence of hospital-associated VTE. A significant reduction in the incidence of HAT was observed following sustained achievement of 90% risk assessment (RR 0.88, 95% CI 0.74 - 0.98; P=0.014). The article entitled "Comprehensive venous thromboembolism prevention programme incorporating mandatory risk assessment reduces the incidence of hospital-associated thrombosis" can be accessed here

King's Thrombosis Centre have published an article in the British Journal of Haematology evaluating the early predictors of post-thrombotic syndrome. The article entitled "Presenting D-dimer and early symptom severity are independent predictors for post-thrombotic syndrome following a first deep vein thrombosis" can be accessed here.

The project is being led by Dr Jig Patel, Senior Lecturer, Institute of Pharmaceutical Science at King's College London.