Preintervention period (n=60) | Postintervention period (n=42) | P value | |
Age, years | 69±16 | 65±18 | 0.28 |
Men | 28 (47%) | 28 (67%) | 0.05 |
Inpatient setting | 0.94 | ||
General ward | 21 (35%) | 15 (36%) | |
Intensive care unit | 39 (65%) | 27 (64%) | |
Primary diagnosis | 0.02 | ||
Sepsis | 21 (35%) | 11 (26%) | |
Cardiac disease | 17 (28%) | 5 (12%) | |
Venous thromboembolism | 4 (7%) | 2 (5%) | |
Malignancy | 5 (8%) | 2 (5%) | |
Other | 13 (22%) | 22 (52%) | |
Surgery in the prior 3 months | 8 (14%) | 10 (24%) | 0.19 |
Heparin product | 0.08 | ||
Unfractionated heparin | 53 (88%) | 41 (98%) | |
Low-molecular-weight heparin | 7 (12%) | 1 (2%) |
Data summarised as mean±SD for continuous variables or n (%) for categorical variables.