World Thrombosis Day

The global world thrombosis day movement

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Gary E. Raskob

Gary E. Raskob, PhD

Dean
College of Public Health
Regents Professor of Epidemiology and Medicine

Epidemiology and Medicine
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
United States of America

Dr. Gary Raskob's research and scholarly interests are in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of deep-vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism; the clinical development of antithrombotic drugs; clinical trials; prevention research; evidence-based medicine; and the translation of research evidence into practice and health policy.

Dr. Raskob has participated extensively in clinical practice guideline development for several specialty organizations including the American Society of Hematology, the American College of Chest Physicians, the American Thoracic Society, and the American Society of Clinical Oncology. He also serves as an advisor on thrombosis and hemostasis for the U.S. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Dr. Raskob is author or coauthor of more than 200 publications on the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of thromboembolic disease, including 16 articles in the New England Journal of Medicine.

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WTD Study Reveals Low Awareness of VTE, DVT and PE Globally

In the first international awareness study on thrombosis, World Thrombosis Day finds that public understanding of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE) is much lower than that of other health conditions, including heart attack, stroke, hypertension, breast cancer, prostate cancer and AIDS. More

New U.S. Study Identifies Hospital Characteristics Associated with Higher VTE Diagnoses

A new study conducted by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) finds that certain characteristics of hospitals and hospital patients are related to higher rates of venous thromboembolism (VTE) diagnoses. More

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