Letter: previous exposure to corticosteroids increases the risk of post‐discharge venous thromboembolic events in patients with inflammatory bowel disease

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Letter: previous exposure to corticosteroids increases the risk of post‐discharge venous thromboembolic events in patients with inflammatory bowel disease—author's reply

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ful comments. 1,2 They performed a meta-analysis to investigate the impact of corticosteroids on the risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE) after hospital discharge and concluded "Previous exposure to corticosteroids significantly increases the risk of post-discharge VTE in surgical or non-surgical IBD patients." This conclusion was based on three additional retrospective, observational studies from unique administrative data sets.

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