Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Deep Vein Thrombosis
- Signs/Symptoms
- Pain,
Redness,
Swelling
- Sometimes asymptomatic
and difficult to diagnose
- Risk Factors
- Traid of Virchow: Immobility,
Venous Endothelial Damage,
Hypercoaguable Conditions
- Orthopedic Surgery, Spinal Cord Injuries, Age, Congestive
Heart Failure, Trauma, Intravenous Medications, Genetics,
Malignancy, Pregnancy, Oral Contraceptives, Hormone
Replacement, and Obstetric Related Conditions
- Complications
- Thromboembolus,
Pulmonary Embolism,
- Management
- Some thrombus
dissolve without
intervention
- Anticoagulation Therapy,
Thrombolytic Therapy,
Filter Placement
- Pathophysiology
- Due to the lower pressure
system within the venous
circulation, pooled blood can
become coagulated forming a
clot; a thrombus remains
attached to vein wall where as a
thromboembolus detaches into
the circulating blood