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Published in: Neurocritical Care 3/2023

28-08-2023 | Diabetes | Response to Letter To The Editor

Response to “Additional Associated Factors for Venous Thromboembolism in Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury”

Authors: Sarah Nguyen, Ramesh Grandhi, Kyril L. Cole

Published in: Neurocritical Care | Issue 3/2023

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We appreciate the comments of Dr. Kapoor and colleagues [1] regarding our article. We agree that oral estrogen is associated with a significantly increased risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE) development in all patients. This data point was not specifically collected in our study [2], although it represents an interesting point for future research, especially because approximately 30% of our population were women and the average age was 44 and 54 years in the VTE and no VTE groups, respectively. This demographic is likely to include a large number of female patients who may take oral estrogen supplementation. …
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Title
Response to “Additional Associated Factors for Venous Thromboembolism in Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury”
Authors
Sarah Nguyen
Ramesh Grandhi
Kyril L. Cole
Publication date
28-08-2023
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Neurocritical Care / Issue 3/2023
Print ISSN: 1541-6933
Electronic ISSN: 1556-0961
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12028-023-01826-x

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