Deep-Vein Thrombosis

Autor: Eran E. Weinmann, Edwin W. Salzman
Rok vydání: 1994
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Zdroj: New England Journal of Medicine. 331:1630-1641
ISSN: 1533-4406
0028-4793
Popis: Credit for fundamental studies leading to our current understanding of deep-vein thrombosis should be given to Bauer, who used phlebography to diagnose deep-vein thrombosis complicating fractures of the tibia,1 and to Sevitt and Gallagher for their autopsy-based studies of the prevalence of venous thromboembolism in patients with other injuries2,3. The development of objective methods for the diagnosis of deep-vein thrombosis has facilitated the investigation of its natural history and has provided a rational basis for its prevention and treatment. Diagnosis Most venous thrombi are clinically silent when they are first detectable by objective methods,2,4 probably because they . . .
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