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Research

Antipsychotic drugs and risk of venous thromboembolism: nested case-control study

BMJ 2010; 341 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.c4245 (Published 22 September 2010) Cite this as: BMJ 2010;341:c4245

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Underlying pathophysiology

The degree of mobility of these patients and the underlying
comorbidities need to be taken into account before making the conclusions.
The underlying pathophysiology a of possible side effect of antipsychotics
might help to prevent the untoward events of VTE in pyschiatric patients
after elimniating the confounding bias.

Competing interests: No competing interests

23 September 2010
Rajasree Pai Ramachandra pai
Resident, Internal Medicine
University of Connecticut, Farmington