A Case Report on VT from TV: DVT and PE from Prolonged Television Watching

Pulmonary embolus (PE) and deep vein thrombosis are diagnoses that are commonly made in the emergency department. Well known risk factors for thromboembolic events include immobility, malignancy, pregnancy, surgery, and acquired or inherited thrombophilias, obesity, cigarette smoking, and hypertensi...

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Autores principales: Lucerna, Alan, Espinosa, James, Ackley, Lindsey, Carhart, Philip, Stranges, Douglas, Hertz, Risha
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2017
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5646351/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29109889
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/9347693
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Sumario:Pulmonary embolus (PE) and deep vein thrombosis are diagnoses that are commonly made in the emergency department. Well known risk factors for thromboembolic events include immobility, malignancy, pregnancy, surgery, and acquired or inherited thrombophilias, obesity, cigarette smoking, and hypertension. We present a case of a 59-year-old female who watched TV and developed leg swelling and was found to have PE and DVT.

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