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Deep Venous Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism Secondary to Mild Traumatic Injury in an Elderly Male With No Additional Risk Factors
Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a significant cardiovascular disease with a relatively high incidence rate, presenting a significant clinical burden. Its effective diagnosis and treatment are critical to the proper management of patients with the condition. Though there are several risk factors asso...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9535689/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36225480 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.28829 |
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author | Sheth, Siddharth A DeGeorge, Charlotte George, Andrew Stead, Thor S Mangal, Rohan Ganti, Latha |
author_facet | Sheth, Siddharth A DeGeorge, Charlotte George, Andrew Stead, Thor S Mangal, Rohan Ganti, Latha |
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description | Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a significant cardiovascular disease with a relatively high incidence rate, presenting a significant clinical burden. Its effective diagnosis and treatment are critical to the proper management of patients with the condition. Though there are several risk factors associated with VTE, advanced age itself presents as particularly significant, with age-related risk alone leading to high incidences of VTE in elderly patients even in the absence of other risk factors or relevant medical history. We present such a case of an elderly male patient with limited risk factors beyond advanced age who nonetheless presented with symptoms of deep-vein thrombosis (DVT) following a mild traumatic injury, and upon further inspection, was found to have a pulmonary embolism (PE). Proper precautions taken in assessing potential PE upon initial discovery of DVT and post-diagnostic management were critical in this patient's outcome. |
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spelling | pubmed-95356892022-10-11 Deep Venous Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism Secondary to Mild Traumatic Injury in an Elderly Male With No Additional Risk Factors Sheth, Siddharth A DeGeorge, Charlotte George, Andrew Stead, Thor S Mangal, Rohan Ganti, Latha Cureus Emergency Medicine Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is a significant cardiovascular disease with a relatively high incidence rate, presenting a significant clinical burden. Its effective diagnosis and treatment are critical to the proper management of patients with the condition. Though there are several risk factors associated with VTE, advanced age itself presents as particularly significant, with age-related risk alone leading to high incidences of VTE in elderly patients even in the absence of other risk factors or relevant medical history. We present such a case of an elderly male patient with limited risk factors beyond advanced age who nonetheless presented with symptoms of deep-vein thrombosis (DVT) following a mild traumatic injury, and upon further inspection, was found to have a pulmonary embolism (PE). Proper precautions taken in assessing potential PE upon initial discovery of DVT and post-diagnostic management were critical in this patient's outcome. Cureus 2022-09-06 /pmc/articles/PMC9535689/ /pubmed/36225480 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.28829 Text en Copyright © 2022, Sheth et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Emergency Medicine Sheth, Siddharth A DeGeorge, Charlotte George, Andrew Stead, Thor S Mangal, Rohan Ganti, Latha Deep Venous Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism Secondary to Mild Traumatic Injury in an Elderly Male With No Additional Risk Factors |
title | Deep Venous Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism Secondary to Mild Traumatic Injury in an Elderly Male With No Additional Risk Factors |
title_full | Deep Venous Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism Secondary to Mild Traumatic Injury in an Elderly Male With No Additional Risk Factors |
title_fullStr | Deep Venous Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism Secondary to Mild Traumatic Injury in an Elderly Male With No Additional Risk Factors |
title_full_unstemmed | Deep Venous Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism Secondary to Mild Traumatic Injury in an Elderly Male With No Additional Risk Factors |
title_short | Deep Venous Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism Secondary to Mild Traumatic Injury in an Elderly Male With No Additional Risk Factors |
title_sort | deep venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism secondary to mild traumatic injury in an elderly male with no additional risk factors |
topic | Emergency Medicine |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9535689/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36225480 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.28829 |
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