Hospital Medicine

Thrombosis   

Questions discussed in this category


Estimating blood loss from hemoptysis is not always reliable. The bleeding may be due to the PE itself. Is anticoagulation with any degree of hemoptys...

High-risk PEs are typically treated with loading doses of anticoagulants or bridging with LMWH. Do you omit the bridging/loading period and go straigh...

If they have been on IV heparin for 3 days, for example, would you subtract those days from the recommended loading dose time?

Is it different than early mobility that we always encourage?

How does cirrhosis and/or underlying thrombophilia affect your decision?

Does having a concurrent consumptive process e.g. DIC change your management? 

Would you offer this routinely or only if specific complications arise, such as distal emboli?


Papers discussed in this category


Acta Paediatr., 2020 Mar 23

J Vasc Interv Radiol, 2020 Sep 09

Journal of hospital medicine, 2019-01

The New England journal of medicine, 2019 Feb 18

Phlebology, 2020 Mar 02

VASA. Zeitschrift fur Gefasskrankheiten, 2001 Jul

Journal of vascular surgery, 2000 Nov

Respirology (Carlton, Vic.), 2018 Jul 16

Stroke, 2015 Oct 29

Research and practice in thrombosis and haemostasis, 2023 May 20