Venous thrombosis in 2 patients with gastro-intestinal diseases (chronic liver disease and ulcerative colitis) is reported. A good clinical improvement was obtained after thrombolytic (urokinase) therapy without any haemorrhagic side-effect. A decrease in the plasma of the fast-acting antiplasmin has been correlated with urokinase thrombolytic effect in vivo. These preliminary reports suggest that thrombolytic drugs are a safe tool for the treatment also of thromboembolic complications in patients with potential haemorrhagic diathesis.
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Eur J Case Rep Intern Med
December 2024
Radiology Department, Seychelles Hospital, Healthcare Agency, Victoria, Seychelles.
Unlabelled: Upper extremity deep vein thrombosis (UEDVT) is relatively rare, and much less as an initial presentation of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Primary UEDVT should be considered in individuals with unilateral arm swelling where the brachial, axillary, and subclavian veins are frequently involved. SLE is a chronic autoimmune disease that predominantly affects women of childbearing age and of African descent.
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January 2025
Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Background: Arteriovenous fistulas (AVFs) in kidney transplant recipients are sometimes closed, either as a policy or due to complications. We collected data on the incidence of complications after AVF closure in a national cohort of transplanted patients.
Methods: Patients who received a kidney transplant between 2000 and 2015 and had a functional AVF that was later ligated or extirpated were included.
Ann Thorac Surg Short Rep
September 2024
Division of Cardio-thoracic Surgery, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine at Christus Children's Hospital of San Antonio, Texas.
Aneurysms of the superior vena cava are rare vascular malformations of systemic veins. This report presents the case of a 27-year-old woman with an incidental finding of mediastinal shadow widening on the chest roentgenogram that was confirmed by computed tomographic angiography to be a superior vena cava saccular aneurysm >4 cm in diameter. Surgical resection was recommended on the basis of aneurysmal size and shape and was performed through median sternotomy by using cardiopulmonary bypass.
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December 2024
Department of Emergency Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou 215000, Jiangsu, China.
Objectives: Venous thromboembolism is a highly prevalent condition after polytrauma, and recognized as an important factor contributing to poor prognosis. The aim of this study was to investigate the risk factors for lower extremity deep venous thrombosis (LEDVT) in a severely traumatized population and to evaluate their predictive value for LEDVT.
Methods: This was a retrospective, single-center observational study.
Int J Orthop Trauma Nurs
December 2024
The Clinical Nursing Teaching and Research Section of the Second Xiangya Hospital, 410011, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan Province, China. Electronic address:
Background: Deep venous thrombosis (DVT) of the lower extremity causes a major disease burden globally. Currently, oral anticoagulant therapy is used as the first-line treatment of DVT, however, medication non-adherence remains a serious problem for postoperative spinal surgery patients whose DVT incidence is at a high level.
Aims: To explore barriers and facilitators affecting patient oral anticoagulant medication adherence, based on guidance using the COM-B model.
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