Semin Thromb Hemost 2022; 48(04): 422-433
DOI: 10.1055/s-0041-1740267
Review Article

Venous Thromboembolism in Premature Neonates

Prem Fort
1   Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
2   Johns Hopkins All Children's Maternal Fetal and Neonatal Institute, Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital, St. Petersburg, Florida
3   Johns Hopkins All Children's Institute for Clinical and Translational Research, Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital, St. Petersburg, Florida
,
Kisha Beg
4   Department of Pediatrics, Division of Hematology/Oncology/Bone Marrow Transplantation, University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
,
Marisol Betensky
3   Johns Hopkins All Children's Institute for Clinical and Translational Research, Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital, St. Petersburg, Florida
5   Department of Pediatrics, Division of Hematology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
6   Johns Hopkins All Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Institute, Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital, St. Petersburg, Florida
7   Johns Hopkins All Children's Heart Institute, Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital, St. Petersburg, Florida
,
Amy Kiskaddon
3   Johns Hopkins All Children's Institute for Clinical and Translational Research, Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital, St. Petersburg, Florida
7   Johns Hopkins All Children's Heart Institute, Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital, St. Petersburg, Florida
8   Department of Pediatrics, Division of Cardiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
,
Neil A. Goldenberg
3   Johns Hopkins All Children's Institute for Clinical and Translational Research, Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital, St. Petersburg, Florida
5   Department of Pediatrics, Division of Hematology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
6   Johns Hopkins All Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Institute, Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital, St. Petersburg, Florida
7   Johns Hopkins All Children's Heart Institute, Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital, St. Petersburg, Florida
8   Department of Pediatrics, Division of Cardiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
9   Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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Abstract

While the incidence of venous thromboembolism (VTE) is lower among children than adults, the newborn period is one of two bimodal peaks (along with adolescence) in VTE incidence in the pediatric population. Most VTE cases in neonates occur among critically ill neonates being managed in the neonatal intensive care unit, and most of these children are born premature. For this reason, the presentation, diagnosis, management, and outcomes of VTE among children born premature deserve special emphasis by pediatric hematologists, neonatologists, pharmacists, and other pediatric health care providers, as well as by the scientific community, and are described in this review.



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