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Article: Research data from F.C.V. Bandeira and colleagues update understanding of deep vein thrombosis.
- Article from:
- Blood Weekly
- Article date:
- April 16, 2009
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In this recent study, researchers in Joao Pessoa, Brazil conducted a study "To determine the incidence of deep vein thrombosis of lower extremities up to the seven day after major lower extremity amputation in the amputated and contralateral limbs using color Doppler ultrasound. One hundred and twenty-eight patients (67 men) underwent major lower extremity amputation (69 above-knees and 59 below-knees)."
"All participants received unfractioned subcutaneous heparin (5000 IU TID) as prophylaxis and were evaluated using color Doppler ultrasound immediately before amputation and on the second and seventh days after amputation. The sample was composed of patients with ...