blood clots

November 10, 2023

Grant to advance prevention of hospital-acquired blood clots

A Vanderbilt team team will develop and test new clinical decision support tools to facilitate timely prevention of potentially lethal hospital-acquired blood clots, also known as venous thromboembolism.

By Paul Govern

October 24, 2023

VUMC seeks public input on blood-clotting agent study

Researchers at Vanderbilt are considering participation in an international study to examine if a blood-clotting medication given to adults with major bleeding or in need of urgent surgery or an invasive procedure can improve survival.

By Craig Boerner

October 17, 2023

AI predicts blood clot risk in hospitalized children: VUMC study

An artificial intelligence tool developed at Vanderbilt accurately identified pediatric patients at high risk for blood clots in a clinical trial, with no difference in outcomes compared to a control group.

By Bill Snyder

May 26, 2021

Predicting blood clots before they happen in pediatric patients

Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt has launched a study to determine the impact of a predictive model for identifying pediatric patients at risk for developing blood clots or venous thromboembolisms (VTEs).

By Jessica Pasley