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How would you manage symptomatic, bilateral subsegmental PE developed after long air travel?
The patient takes frequent flights, with no prior history of VTE and had already been taking measures for prevention including frequent ambulation, hydration, and compression stocking use. Would you recommend limiting long-haul travel? Would you continue anticoagulation even after they stop flying routinely?
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This is a very controversial topic, which is difficult to study and thus lacks significant evidence upon which to base firm recommendations. There is a systematic review that one could take a look at, which summarizes the current state of knowledge (Philbrick et al., PMID 17351849). Current ASH guid...
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