Figure 1

Time trends in absolute number of hospitalizations, in-hospital mortality and VTE rate in patients undergoing elective primary KJR in Germany from 2005 to 2016. (A) Total numbers of patients undergoing elective primary KJR (grey bars) and in-hospital death rate (orange line), stratified per decade of age, over the entire period 2005–2016 (cumulative data). (B) Annual total numbers of patients undergoing elective primary KJR (grey bars) and corresponding annual in-hospital death rates (orange line) in Germany in the period 2005–2016. (C) Percentage of patients undergoing elective primary HJR who developed in-hospital VTE (light blue bars); the panel further shows percentage of deep vein thrombosis and thrombophlebitis (DVT, light blue line), pulmonary embolism (PE, admiral blue line), and high-risk PE with hemodynamic instability (dark blue line).