Deep Vein Thrombosis

Paper Summary:

This paper addresses the symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of deep vein thrombosis. It provides an overview of the body's two systems of veins and discusses how deep vein thrombosis can occur. The paper also discusses the methods of diagnosis of the disease and then looks at the various ways that it can be treated - both surgically and non-surgically.

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Abstract
Overview
Symptoms
Diagnosis
Treatment

From the Paper:

"In instances of complicated thrombosis, including patients with pulmonary embolus, most often these patients are admitted to an acute care inpatient unit. There they receive an unfractionated IV heparin drip and then are subsequently converted to enoxaparin at a rate of 1 mg/kg, injected subcutaneously, every 12 hours. Eisenson (2007) cites Buller et al. as recommending against the use of an inferior vena cava filter in addition to anticoagulants, for the initial treatment, unless there is a contraindication for or complication of anticoagulant treatment. Or if thromboembolism is recurrent, despite anticoagulation."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Eisenson, N. (Jul 2007). Management of thrombosis in a neuro-oncology patient. Oncology Nursing Forum, 34(4). Retrieved October 28, 2007, from Academic Search Premier database.
• Shiel, W. (3 May 2007). What is deep vein thrombosis and a pulmonary embolism? Retrieved October 28, 2007, from http://www.webmd.com/search/search_results/default.aspx?query=deep%20vein%20thrombosis&sourceType=undefined.
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