Acute on Chronic Venous Thromboembolism on Therapeutic Anticoagulation

A case of proximal venous thromboembolism in a patient who presented to the ED with lower extremity pain is presented. Making this diagnosis is very important as fifty percent of patients with symptomatic proximal DVTs will go on to develop PE without treatment. This report underscores the utility o...

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Autores principales: Bassi, Byron, Nickels, L. Connor, Flach, F. Eike, DePortu, Guiliano, Ganti, Latha
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3816036/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24223315
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/295261
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author Bassi, Byron
Nickels, L. Connor
Flach, F. Eike
DePortu, Guiliano
Ganti, Latha
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description A case of proximal venous thromboembolism in a patient who presented to the ED with lower extremity pain is presented. Making this diagnosis is very important as fifty percent of patients with symptomatic proximal DVTs will go on to develop PE without treatment. This report underscores the utility of bedside ultrasonography in the emergency department.
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spelling pubmed-38160362013-11-12 Acute on Chronic Venous Thromboembolism on Therapeutic Anticoagulation Bassi, Byron Nickels, L. Connor Flach, F. Eike DePortu, Guiliano Ganti, Latha Case Rep Emerg Med Case Report A case of proximal venous thromboembolism in a patient who presented to the ED with lower extremity pain is presented. Making this diagnosis is very important as fifty percent of patients with symptomatic proximal DVTs will go on to develop PE without treatment. This report underscores the utility of bedside ultrasonography in the emergency department. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013 2013-10-08 /pmc/articles/PMC3816036/ /pubmed/24223315 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/295261 Text en Copyright © 2013 Byron Bassi et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Acute on Chronic Venous Thromboembolism on Therapeutic Anticoagulation
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3816036/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24223315
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/295261
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