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Tag: Deep vein thrombosis

  • New ACCP Guidelines – DVT and PE: Highlights and Summary

    Stephan Moll, MD writes…  This month the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) published its new (2012) guidelines regarding anticoagulation and management of various thrombotic disorders, replacing the 2008 edition. The details of the new guidelines can be found here

  • Xarelto and DVT – Approved in Europe

    Xarelto (Rivaroxaban) was approved in Europe today (Dec 19th, 2011) for patients with acute DVT. This is good news

  • 10 Ways to Communicate Better with your Doctor at your Next Office Visit

    Beth Waldron, Program Director of Clot Connect writes… Research has shown that effective communication between a patient and their doctor can improve the patient’s health outcome.[i]  If you have been diagnosed with deep vein thrombosis (DVT) or pulmonary embolism (PE), you understandably have many questions.  In an ideal world, a health care provider would have…

  • VTE Prevention in Hospitalized Patients: New ACP Guideline

    A new guideline was published this week about venous thromboembolism (VTE) prophylaxis in hospitalized medical sick patients and in stroke patients [link here; ref 1]. The key points of this guideline,

  • Hip and Knee Replacement Surgery – DVT Prophylaxis – AAOS Guideline

    Two main guidelines exist which many physicians go by to decide whether a particular patient should get DVT prophylaxis after hip or knee replacement surgery, what method (compression device, or pharmacologic agent) to use, and for how long to give prophylaxis.  (a) One is the ACCP guideline (American College of Chest Physicians), last published in June 2008…

  • Yasmin, Yaz and Other Drospirenone Contraceptives: Risk for VTE

    It has long been known that estrogen-containing birth control preparations (pill, patch, ring) increase the risk for DVT and PE (venous thromboembolism = VTE).  This risk is partially due to the estrogen.  However, part of the risk is also due to the type of progestin in these preparations.

  • Incidentally Discovered DVT, PE or Other Clots

    General comments CT or MRI scans will occasionally detect an incidental iliofemoral DVT, PE or intra-abdominal thrombosis (IVC, portal, splenic, mesenteric or renal vein). This is particularly common in cancer patients undergoing staging CT scans. When such an incidental, asymptomatic venous thromboembolism (VTE) is discovered, the question arises whether the patient should be treated with…

  • Incidentally Discovered Blood Clots

    General comments CT scans and MRI scans are often done in medicine, for a variety of reasons.  Every so often such a scan will detect a blood clot in a patient who has no symptoms from the clot. This is referred to as an “incidental VTE”  (VTE = venous thromboembolism, i.e. clot in a vein)…