A 67-year-old patient is scheduled for hip replacement surgery. He has heard that surgery can cause blood clots, and he wants to know how to reduce his chances of perioperative blood clots. Background ...

DINO W. RAMZI, M.D., C.M. Treatment goals for deep venous thrombosis include stopping clot propagation and preventing the recurrence of thrombus, the occurrence of pulmonary embolism, and the ...

Functional impairment (FI) after hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) and impact on quality of life (QOL). Bupropion for hot flashes control in breast cancer survivors: A prospective, double-blind ...

The earliest published study on this topic was a retrospective case–control study by Northup and associates [8] focusing on 113 inpatients with cirrhosis who had newly diagnosed VTE during hospital ...

The first clinical use of heparin was for chemoprophylaxis in surgical patients. In 1937, Murray and Crafoord published data evaluating surgical patients who received prophylaxis for DVT. 14 Despite ...

Pediatric venous thromboembolism (VTE), which is predominantly deep venous thrombosis (DVT), is a top contributor to harm in hospitalized children. Its incidence increased by >300% in the past 2 ...