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Women’s health: VTE, anticoagulation, heavy menstrual bleeding, and iron deficiency anemia
Women’s health: How to reconcile VTE, need for prolonged anticoagulation, heavy menstrual bleeding, and iron deficiency anemia?
2023-09-05
Women’s health: How to reconcile VTE, need for prolonged anticoagulation, heavy menstrual bleeding, and iron deficiency anemia?
Can we use aspirin in the prophylaxis of deep vein thrombosis (DVT)?
Pharmacologic prophylaxis of thrombosis in immobilized patients staying at home raises many doubts. Are there situations when it should be used?
Are there any guidelines discussing the length of treatment in patients with thrombosis of rare or unusual localizations, such as the subclavian or visceral (portal) vein? When to stop treatment?
How to interpret persistently elevated D-dimer levels in patients with a history of COVID-19? How to proceed in such cases?
Is an unexplained increase in the D-dimer level an indication to test for thrombophilia? Is it an indication to introduce antithrombotic prophylaxis?
Dr James Douketis from McMaster University shares his views on the 3 most important recent advances in the management of venous thrombosis.
Dr Adam Torbicki, professor of medicine at Center of Postgraduate Medical Education in Warsaw, Poland, presents the 3 most recent advances in treating pulmonary embolism.
Should we treat patients with suspected subsegmental pulmonary embolism seen on computed tomography (CT)?
