A 45-year-old woman presented to her family doctor following a three-day history of acute-onset, progressive swelling and sensation of heaviness in her left upper extremity. In addition, she described ...

A 79-year-old man presented after a week of pleuritic-type chest pain, dyspnea and a swollen, painful left arm. His past medical history included benign prostatic hypertrophy, vitiligo, hearing loss ...

March 14, 2011 — Anticoagulation therapy should be started promptly for upper extremity deep-vein thrombosis (DVT), according to a clinical practice review of upper extremity DVT published in the ...

SAN FRANCISCO — For patients with deep vein thrombosis, mortality rates and the prevalence of hemodynamically unstable pulmonary embolism are significantly higher when the upper extremities are ...

In addition to her advanced age and obesity status, the patient had a history of pulmonary embolism managed with an inferior vena cava filter, increasing her risk of thrombosis. The group detailed the ...

The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection caused by coronavirus disease (COVID-19) induces hyperinflammatory and hypercoagulable states, leading to arterial and venous ...

In summary, both local and systemic factors affect the likelihood of developing a catheter-related thrombosis in patients with cancer. The relative impact of different risks and their interactions are ...

Continuing our series on diagnoses that may be missed in a primary care setting, Dr Ahmed Mostafa describes a case of upper limb DVT that was initially misdiagnosed A 39-year-old female patient ...