Fig. 1From: A significant proportion of venous thromboembolism events in general surgical patients occurs after discharge: analysis of the ACS-NSQIP Essentials databasea The percentage of pre-discharge and post-discharge VTE events during hospitalization and within 30 days of postoperative follow-up for Sinai hospital and equivalent peer institutions. b, c Breakdown of VTE events into DVT and PE subcategories. Data derived from NSQIP database for medium-size community hospitals from January 1, 2006 to December 31, 2011Back to article page