Managing challenging patients with venous thromboembolism: a practical, case-based approach.

Managing challenging patients with venous thromboembolism: a practical, case-based approach. Pol Arch Med Wewn. 2017 Jan 04;: Authors: Douketis J, Ageno W, Carrier M, Kearon C Abstract The management of patients with venous thromboembolism is a common clinical scenario that, for the most part, involves well-established, evidence-based treatment pathways. However, important unanswered clinical questions remain that are the focus of ongoing research. The aim of this narrative review is to provide a practical, case-based approach to the following clinical scenarios in which therapeutic management pathways are less well established: How long to anticoagulated patients with a first unprovoked venous thromboembolism? How to manage complex patients with cancer-associated venous thromboembolism? When and how to treat patients with splanchnic vein thrombosis? When to use thrombolytic therapy for deep vein thrombosis? PMID: 28075424 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Polskie Archiwum Medycyny Wewnetrznej - Category: Internal Medicine Tags: Pol Arch Med Wewn Source Type: research