First of all, we have to think about the risk of VTE in these patients. There are risk factors according to neoplasia, treatment ant patient. Risk factors related to neoplasia were lung (11/31), breast (4/31), colon (3/31) and 2 ovary and head/neck. Isolated cases of pancreas, stomach, sarcoma, prostate, peritoneum and unknown origin tumor were also described. According to tumor stage, more tha...

Background: Vitamin K antagonist treatment is effective for prevention and treatment of thromboembolic events but frequent laboratory control and dose adjustment are essential. Small portable devices have enabled patient self-monitoring of anticoagulation and self-adjustment of the dose. We compared this self-management of oral anticoagulant therapy with conventional management by a specialist ...

In a recent issue of Blood, Stahl et all suggested that human immunodeficiency virus (H1V)-associated free protein S deficiency might predispose infected patients to thromboembolic complications. Very few published studies deal with thrombosis during HIV in fe~ t ion .~ ,~ In a previous study: we found free protein S deficiency, with normal C4bBP levels, in 14 of 16 (87%) HIV-infected patients,...

BACKGROUND Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is an idiopathic condition of gastrointestinal tract whose pathogenesis results from the complex interaction of genetic susceptibility and environmental influences. Is well known how IBD patients have an increased risk of thrombosis. OBJECTIVES To assess the frequency and characteristics of thromboembolic events (TEE) in IBD and the role of certain ...

OBJECTIVE To determine cost-effectiveness of surveillance with duplex ultrasound for thromboembolic disease in individuals with acute traumatic spinal cord injury at admission to rehabilitation. DESIGN In this retrospective sequential case series study, individuals with traumatic spinal cord injury admitted to our rehabilitation facility between July 1, 1988, and December 31, 1998, were ident...

I t has been recognized for more than a century that For venous thrombosis, stasis and local alterations in stasis of blood, abnormalities of the vessel wall, blood elements are most important, since major and changes in the soluble and formed elements of pathologic changes are not seen routinely in the vessel the blood are the major contributors to thrombosis. wall at the nidus of a venous thr...