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==Overview==
==Overview==
The IMPROVEDD risk score, which adds [[D-dimer]] to the conventional IMPROVE score, improves the prediction of [[venous thromboembolism]] events in acutely ill patients within 42 days of hospitalization compared to the IMPROVE score.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Gibson |first1=CM |date=2017 |title= The IMPROVEDD VTE Risk Score: Incorporation of D-Dimer into the IMPROVE Score to Improve Venous Thromboembolism Risk Stratification |url= https://www.thieme-connect.com/products/ejournals/html/10.1055/s-0037-1603929#TB17006-7 |journal= Thrombosis Haemostasis |volume= 1 |issue=1 |pages= 56-65 |doi= 10.1055/s-0037-1603929 |access-date=  }}</ref>
The IMPROVEDD risk score, which adds [[D-dimer]] to the conventional IMPROVE score, improves the prediction of [[venous thromboembolism]] events in acutely ill patients within 42 days of hospitalization compared to the IMPROVE score.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Gibson |first1=CM |date=2017 |title= The IMPROVEDD VTE Risk Score: Incorporation of D-Dimer into the IMPROVE Score to Improve Venous Thromboembolism Risk Stratification |url= https://www.thieme-connect.com/products/ejournals/html/10.1055/s-0037-1603929#TB17006-7 |journal= TH Open |volume= 01 |issue=01 |pages= e56-e65 |doi= 10.1055/s-0037-1603929 |access-date=  }}</ref>


==IMPROVEDD risk score calculator==
==IMPROVEDD risk score calculator==

Revision as of 20:38, 4 October 2018

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Sadaf Sharfaei M.D.[2], Seyedmahdi Pahlavani, M.D. [3], Anmol Pitliya, M.B.B.S. M.D.[4]

Overview

The IMPROVEDD risk score, which adds D-dimer to the conventional IMPROVE score, improves the prediction of venous thromboembolism events in acutely ill patients within 42 days of hospitalization compared to the IMPROVE score.[1]

IMPROVEDD risk score calculator

Please check the boxes that apply to you to get your individualized IMPROVEDD Risk score for VTE at 42 days after hospitalization:

IMPROVEDD VTE Risk Score Calculator
Variable Score
Prior episode of VTE 3
Thrombophilia 2
Paralysis of the lower extremity during the hospitalization 2
Current malignancy 2
Immobilization for at least 7 days 1
ICU or CCU admission 1
Age more than 60 years 1
D-dimer ≥2× upper limit of normal (or ≥1.0 μg/mL) 2
IMPROVEDD Score:
Predicted Risk of Symptomatic VTE:

Reference

  1. Gibson, CM (2017). "The IMPROVEDD VTE Risk Score: Incorporation of D-Dimer into the IMPROVE Score to Improve Venous Thromboembolism Risk Stratification". TH Open. 01 (01): e56–e65. doi:10.1055/s-0037-1603929.