Risk factors Donor Receptor Older 45 years old and cardiovascular disease as cause of death Pancreaticoduodenojejunal anastomosis Asystolia donor Acute failure of graft Unstable haemodynamically Peritoneal dialysis Use of desmopressin…
Cancer type/Site Diagnoses/100 hospitalizations VTE PE DVT Pancreas 4.3 1.2 3.5 Brain 3.5 1.0 2.8 Myeloproliferative, other lymphatic/hematopoetic 2.9 b 2.5 Stomach 2.7 0.7 2.3 Lymphoma, lymphosarcoma, reticulosarcoma 2.5 0.6…
Fig. 1 Schematic diagram demonstrating mode of action of new oral anticoagulants (NOAC) on the coagulation pathway Meanwhile, Factor Xa inhibitors selectively and reversibly bind directly to the active site…
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…
“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…
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…
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…
