Prothrombotic conditions in an unselected cohort of children with venous thromboembolic disease 1 1 Presented in part at the 43rd Annual meeting, The American Society of Hematology, Orlando, FL, December 2001.

Venous thromboembolic events (VTEs) in children are usually associated with underlying clinical conditions. The added contribution of prothrombotic conditions to the occurrence of VTEs in children is not clear. This study reports the prevalence of prothrombotic conditions in 171 consecutive children with VTE followed in the Hospital for Sick Children Thrombosis Outpatient Clinic. The median age of the children at the time of VTE was 2.3 months …