Deep venous thrombosis in patients with chronic spinal cord injury
| Autor: | Hanna Mackiewicz-Nartowicz, Andrzej C. Kroszczyński, Zbigniew Serafin, Małgorzata Cisowska-Adamiak, Magdalena Mackiewicz-Milewska, Jerzy Pyskir, Wojciech Hagner, Iwona Szymkuć-Bukowska, Danuta Rość, Stanislaw Jung |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Context (language use) 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine medicine Prevalence Humans In patient cardiovascular diseases 030212 general & internal medicine Tetraplegia Spinal cord injury Rehabilitation department Spinal Cord Injuries Research Articles Aged Venous Thrombosis business.industry Middle Aged medicine.disease Surgery Venous thrombosis Lower Extremity Female Neurology (clinical) Paraplegia business Complication 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
| Zdroj: | The journal of spinal cord medicine. 39(4) |
| ISSN: | 2045-7723 |
| Popis: | Context/Objective: Deep venous thrombosis (DVT) is a well-known complication of an acute spinal cord injury (SCI). However, the prevalence of DVT in patients with chronic SCI has only been reported in a limited number of studies. The aim of our study was to examine the prevalence of DVT in patients with SCI beyond three months after injury.Design: Cross-sectional study.Setting: Rehabilitation Department at the Bydgoszcz University Hospital in Poland.Participants: Sixty-three patients with SCI that were more than 3 months post injury. The patients, ranging in age from 13 to 65 years, consisted of 15 women and 48 men; the mean age of the patients was 32.1 years. The time from injury varied from 4 to 124 months.Outcome measures: Clinical assessment, D-dimer and venous duplex scan.Results: The venous duplex scan revealed DVT in 5 of the 63 patients. The post-injury time in four of the patients varied between 4 and 5 months; one patient was 42 months post-injury.Conclusion: DVT occurred in patients with chroni... |
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