The post-thrombotic syndrome (PTS) is a long-term complication of deep venous thrombosis (DVT) that is characterized by chronic, persistent pain, swelling and other signs in the affected limb. PTS is common, burdensome and costly. It is likely to increase in prevalence, since despite widespread use of and improvements in the efficacy of thromboprophylaxis, the incidence of DVT has not decreased...

Anne M. Aquila, APRN Vascular Program Coordinator Hospital of Saint Raphael New Haven, Connecticut Venous thrombosis involving the deep veins is a major US health problem that affects over 2.5 million people annually. The most serious complication of a deep venous thrombosis (DVT) is pulmonary embolism (PE), which is associated with 50,000 to 200,000 deaths each year. DVT and PE are often silen...

The positive gate-bias temperature stress (PBTS)-induced instability in top gate self-aligned coplanar InGaZnO thin-film transistors is experimentally decomposed into contributions of distinct mechanisms by combining the stress-time-divided measurements and the extraction of subgap density-of-states (DOS) from the optical response of C-V characteristics. It is found that a total threshold volta...

Although it is generally accepted that negative venography excludes deep vein thrombosis (DVT) in patients in whom it is clinically suspected, there is no evidence to support this conclusion. To test the correctness of withholding anticoagulant therapy in these patients, we followed 160 consecutive patients who had clinically suspected DVT and negative venograms to determine the frequency of po...

UNLABELLED The incidence of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) after non-myeloablative (NMA) allogeneic stem cell transplantation (allo-SCT) is unknown. In addition, very few studies on the predisposing factors for DVT post SCT have been published. The incidence of DVT among patients that underwent NMA allo-SCT at our hospital was 4.1% (3 of 73) over the course of last 8 years, and to the best of our k...

M e t h o d s Data sources: MEDLINE (1990 to 1 July 2004) and relevant references in English and French. Study selection and assessment: Studies were selected if they were prospective trials with ≥ 3-month follow-up, enrolled consecutive outpatients with symptoms and signs suggestive of DVT, used a validated CPG to estimate the clinical probability (low, moderate, and high) of DVT before D-dime...

BACKGROUND Properly ruling in or out deep vein thrombosis (DVT) is important because of the risk of developing pulmonary embolism if untreated and the risk of bleeding when treated with anticoagulants. In primary care, the diagnosis in suspected DVT is non-specific and the physician has to decide which patients to refer for further diagnostic work-up on the basis of patient history and physical...

BACKGROUND Information regarding the incidence and risk factors for deep vein thrombosis (DVT) detected by follow-up computed tomographic (CT) venography after pulmonary embolism (PE) is sparse. The aim of the present study was to identify the predictors of DVT in follow-up CT images, and to elucidate their clinical significance. METHODS Patients with PE were classified into the following thr...