Pregnant women have a higher risk of venous thromboembolism (VTE) and an increasing D-Dimer over the course of pregnancy. The majority of clinical guidelines recommend the D-dimer should not be used to assess the risk of VTE in pregnant women.
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Tagged ‘DVT’
Journal Review
D-Dimer to Rule Out Venous Thromboembolism During Pregnancy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Journal Review
Edoxaban in Cancer-Associated VTE
This post is cross-posted on REBEL EM
Venous thromboembolism (VTE) occurs frequently in patient with cancer. Treatment in this group entails a number of challenges including a higher rate of thrombosis recurrence and a higher risk of bleeding.
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Journal Review
ACEP Venous Thromboembolism Clinical Policy 2018
The evaluation and management of venous thromboembolism (VTE) in the Emergency Department (ED) is fraught with questions: who should I evaluate, who should get a d-dimer, what should the d-dimer threshold be etc.
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Journal Review
Age-Adjusted D-dimer (Using D-dimer Units)
Risk stratification tools like the Well’s and Geneva scores are useful for identifying patients in whom a venous thromboembolism (VTE) can be excluded with a negative D-dimer. This allows for decreased utilization of computed tomographic pulmonary angiography,
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Core
Superficial Venous Thrombosis (SVT)
Superficial Venous Thrombosis (SVT) is not a benign disease. We focus here on diagnosis as well as recommended management.
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Core
Deep Venous Thrombosis (DVT)
DVT is a common ED presentation. This post reviews the diagnosis and up to date treatment recommendations.
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