Editorial: Pediatric Venous Thromboembolism

[摘要] Due to the morbidity, mortality, and healthcare costs of venous thromboembolism (VTE), the focus on its treatment and prevention is growing steadily. As part of a response to the U.S. Surgeon General's 2008 call-to-action to prevent VTE (1), the Healthy People 2020 initiative included a goal to reduce the number of people who develop a VTE by at least 10% (2). The American Society of Hematology recently emphasized its focus on transforming VTE care and updated its research agenda to prioritize studies that increase understanding of VTE risk profiles based upon unique pathophysiologic mechanisms in specific clinical subgroups of patients and assess the safety and efficacy of various prevention strategies (3). Similarly, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute at the National Institutes of Health includes in a recent publication of its strategic vision a focus on identifying factors that account for individual differences in VTE pathobiology and in responses to treatments (4).

[学科分类] 儿科学

[关键词] pediatric;venous thromboemblism;thrombosis;child;clot