Deep vein thrombosis – what is new?

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    deep vein thrombosis, complications

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    https://doi.org/10.15836/ccar2021.363

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    Venous thrombosis is a multifactorial disease that causes clots to form in the deep veins of the extremities. ( 1 ) A thrombus in a vein obstructs venous flow, causing damage to surrounding tissue due to increased venous pressure in the affected area. This raises the risk of pulmonary embolism, which occurs because of thrombotic contents migrating into the pulmonary circulation. Adults are afflicted with a high rate of vein disease. There is information on etiopathogenesis, diagnosis, therapy, and nursing care. Trauma, infection, surgery, immobilization, pregnancy, hormone replacement therapy, contraception, antiphospholipid syndrome, cardiovascular disease and heart failure, malignancies, inflammatory bowel disease, severe systemic disease, and iatrogenic vascular disease are all known causes of deep vein thrombosis. Furthermore, many patients with thrombophlebitis (an inflammatory thrombotic process of the superficial veins) have an undiagnosed risk of deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism, both of which have a high mortality rate.

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    Deep vein thrombosis – what is new?

    Case Report
    Issue11-12
    Published
    Pages363
    PDF via DOIhttps://doi.org/10.15836/ccar2021.363
    deep vein thrombosis
    complications

    Authors

    Damir Strapajević*ORCIDUniversity Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
    Dubravka KučkoORCIDUniversity Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
    Ana Marija SukalićORCIDUniversity Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia

    Full Text

    Venous thrombosis is a multifactorial disease that causes clots to form in the deep veins of the extremities. ( 1 ) A thrombus in a vein obstructs venous flow, causing damage to surrounding tissue due to increased venous pressure in the affected area. This raises the risk of pulmonary embolism, which occurs because of thrombotic contents migrating into the pulmonary circulation. Adults are afflicted with a high rate of vein disease. There is information on etiopathogenesis, diagnosis, therapy, and nursing care. Trauma, infection, surgery, immobilization, pregnancy, hormone replacement therapy, contraception, antiphospholipid syndrome, cardiovascular disease and heart failure, malignancies, inflammatory bowel disease, severe systemic disease, and iatrogenic vascular disease are all known causes of deep vein thrombosis. Furthermore, many patients with thrombophlebitis (an inflammatory thrombotic process of the superficial veins) have an undiagnosed risk of deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism, both of which have a high mortality rate.