Predicting the risk for major bleeding in elderly patients with venous thromboembolism using the Charlson index. Findings from the RIETE.
J Thromb Thrombolysis
; 51(4): 1017-1025, 2021 May.
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ABSTRACT
Old patients receiving anticoagulant therapy for venous thromboembolism (VTE) are at an increased risk for bleeding. We used data from the RIETE registry to assess the prognostic ability of the Comorbidity Charlson Index (CCI) to predict the risk for major bleeding in patients aged > 75 years receiving anticoagulation for VTE beyond the third month. We calculated the area under the receiver-operating characteristic curve (AUC), the category-based net reclassification index (NRI) and the net benefit (NB). We included 4303 patients with a median follow-up of 706 days (interquartile range [IQR] 462-1101). Of these, 147 (3%) developed major bleeding (27 died of bleeding). The AUC was 0.569 (95% CI 0.524-0.614). Patients with CCI ≤ 4 points were at a lower risk for adverse outcomes than those with CCI > 10 (major bleeding 0.81 (95% CI 0.53-1.19) vs. 2.21 (95% CI 1.18-3.79) per 100 patient-years; p < 0.05; all-cause death 1.9 (95% CI 1.45-2.44) vs. 15.67 (95% CI 12.63-19.22) per 100 patient-years; p < 0.05). A cut-off point of 4 points (CCI4) had a sensitivity of 82% (95% CI 75-89) and a specificity of 30% (95% CI 29-31) to predict major bleeding beyond the third month. CCI4 reclassification improved the NB of the RIETE bleeding score to predict bleeding beyond the third month (CCI4 NB 1.78% vs. RIETE NB 0.44%). Although the AUC of the CCI to predict major bleeding was modest, it could become an additional help to select patients aged > 75 years that obtain more benefit of extended anticoagulation, due to a lower risk for bleeding and better survival.
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Tromboembolia Venosa
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Diagnostic_studies
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Etiology_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
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Aged
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Humans
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En
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J Thromb Thrombolysis
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ANGIOLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
2021
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Article
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Espanha