October 19, 2009 — Few trauma patients with pulmonary embolism (PE) have pelvic or leg deep venous thrombosis (DVT), suggesting that PE may occur de novo in the lungs, according to the results of a ...

A prospective validation study found that age-adjusted D-dimer thresholds can safely rule out lower extremity DVT for more ...

Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) is a blood clot (thrombus) in a deep vein, usually in the legs. These clots require medical care right away. These clots are dangerous because they can break loose, travel ...

Algorithms improve certainty in ruling out deep and pelvic vein thrombosis at the primary level of patient care, say Lobna El Tabei and her co-authors in the current issue of the Deutsches Ärzteblatt ...

PULMONARY embolism, once regarded as an unavoidable accident of surgery, today preoccupies the minds of many clinicians, physicians and surgeons alike. For it is recognized as a threatened ...

Thrombosis and embolism are both blood clots that reduce or block blood flow inside your blood vessels. They’re two different yet serious conditions. Here’s a look at the differences and similarities.

It starts quietly...a dull ache in your leg, a bit of swelling, maybe nothing at all. Then, out of nowhere, a blood clot forms, travels, and blocks the flow of life itself. That’s thrombosis, one of ...

Splenic vein thrombosis is a blockage in the splenic vein due to a blood clot. The splenic vein carries blood away from the spleen and parts of the stomach and pancreas. The spleen is an organ that ...