Fig. 1 Mechanism of action of unfractionated heparin, low-molecular-weight heparin, and fondaparinux Only one-third of UFH molecule contain the high-affinity pentasaccharide required for anticoagulant effect [22]. The UFH fraction with…
Figs. 1 and 2 Illustration of diagnostic approach for suspected DVT 3.1 The Wells Score NICE recommend the use of the two-level DVT Wells score to estimate the clinical probability…
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016Md. Shahidul Islam (ed.)Thrombosis and Embolism: from Research to Clinical PracticeAdvances in Experimental Medicine and Biology90610.1007/5584_2016_101 Thromboembolic Prophylaxis for Morbidly Obese Patients Undergoing Bariatric Surgery Jaime Ruiz-Tovar1 and Carolina Llavero2…
© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016Md. Shahidul Islam (ed.)Thrombosis and Embolism: from Research to Clinical PracticeAdvances in Experimental Medicine and Biology90610.1007/5584_2016_102 The Use of Surgical Care Improvement Projects in Prevention of Venous Thromboembolism…
Fig. 1 Virchow’s triad (Virchow’s triad: thrombosis adviser) Table 1 Risk factors for VTE (Rashid et al. 2005) Over 60 years age Critical care admission Dehydration Known thrombophilias Obesity (body mass…
“Absolute” contraindications: Ongoing bleeding or recent severe bleeding Known bleeding diseases Intracranial bleeding or previous intracranial bleeding Structural intracranial cerebrovascular diseases that increase risk for bleeding (e.g., aneurysm) Some malignant…
Acute onset dyspnea 80 % Gradual onset dyspnea 3 % Orthopnea 0.4 % Chest pain 49 % Syncope 24 % Hemoptysis 6 % As discussed below, although these symptoms are often due to serious disease, they…
(20.1) In this formalism, the distribution of square displacements of free water molecules is Gaussian, with the probability of displacing at a given distance from the origin being the same,…
that is, evolution with time of tumor cell density (c) at each position in the brain = proliferation (ρc) + diffusion (∇.(D∇c)). The direct problem consists to compute this equation…
Fig. 32.1 The resection probability map in three orthogonal sections for left-sided and right-sided nonenhancing gliomas based on 234 patients. The color legend corresponds with the resection probability as indicated….
