OBJECTIVE To examine the potential for preventing venous thromboembolism during and after antepartum hospital admissions in pregnant women. DESIGN Cohort study using linked primary (Clinical Practice Research Datalink) and secondary (Hospital Episode Statistics) care records. SETTING Primary and secondary care centres, England. PARTICIPANTS 206,785 women aged 15-44 who had one or more pre...

Patients with acute pulmonary embolism and venous thromboembolism are usually treated with anticoagulant therapy for at least 3 months as the optimum duration. A patient with recurrent idiopathic venous thromboembolism at the eighth month during anticoagulation (warfarin to target international normalized ratio of 2.0-3.0) is described. The case suggests that patients with idiopathic venous thr...

Washington, D.C. Learning Objectives: After studying this article, the participant should be able to: 1. Understand and appreciate the incidence of venous thromboembolism in plastic surgery. 2. Understand and describe the cause and natural history of venous thromboembolism in the setting of plastic surgery. 3. Understand the important patient risk factors for venous thromboembolism and perform ...

Objective To examine the potential for preventing venous thromboembolism during and after antepartum hospital admissions in pregnant women. Design Cohort study using linked primary (Clinical Practice Research Datalink) and secondary (Hospital Episode Statistics) care records. Setting Primary and secondary care centres, England. Participants 206 785 women aged 15-44 who had one or more pregnanci...

BACKGROUND In the era of eculizumab, identifying patients with paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria who may benefit from allogeneic stem cell transplantation is challenging. DESIGN AND METHODS We describe the characteristics and overall survival of 211 patients transplanted for paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria in 83 EBMT centers from 1978 to 2007. Next, we conducted a comparison with a coho...

BACKGROUND Elevated platelet count is associated with risk of venous thromboembolism in cancer patients initiating chemotherapy. It is not known whether this risk by platelet count is causal or merely reflects the malignant disease. We investigated whether pre-cancer platelet count alone or together with high leukocyte count was associated with risk of venous thromboembolism in subjects who did...

UNLABELLED Introduction. Controversy remains over the optimal length of anticoagulation following idiopathic venous thromboembolism. We sought to determine if a longer, finite course of anticoagulation offered additional benefit over a short course in the initial treatment of the first episode of idiopathic venous thromboembolism. Data Extraction. Rates of deep venous thrombosis, pulmonary embo...

Objectives: Venous thromboembolis is a clinical condition that often occurs from deep vein thrombosis of lower extremity. The incidence of deep venous thrombosis in the etiology of pulmonary thromboembolism may be as high as 90%. Doppler ultrasonography of lower extremities is recommended generally to determinate the etiology of pulmonary thromboembolism. The aim of this study is to present the...