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Caprini score 1.12 0.01 1.03-1.23

Odds of VTE Odds ratio P-value 95% Conf. Interval

Injury Severity Score 1.04 0.13 0.99-1.10

Robert D. Guber, BS4th Year Medical StudentUniversity of Massachusetts Medical School

Validation of the Caprini Score in Trauma Patients

There are no conflicts of interest in relation to this presentation

Robert D. Guber, BS; Max D. Hazeltine, MD; Hannah Buettner, MD; Jon D. Dorfman, MDUniversity of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA

Mean age 59 years 62% male Mean BMI 27

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Injury Severity Score Distribution

RESULTS

METHODSStudy design

Trauma registry

Age >18 years Admitted for >24 hours

Generate Caprini scores

VTE Events

N = 750

CONTACT INFORMATION

Robert D. Guber, BS

4th Year Medical StudentUniversity of Massachusetts Medical School

Robert.Guber@umassmed.edu

@RDGUBER

https://www.linkedin.com/in/robert-guber-51b5a194/