Who is affected by deep vein thrombosis
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Who is affected by deep vein thrombosis
In the United States, about 250,000 people are admitted to a hospital each year because of blood clots that develop in the deep veins (deep vein thrombosis).1 But because many people with deep vein thrombosis do not have symptoms, as many as 600,000 people may be affected.2
References
Citations
Raskob GE, et al. (2006). Venous thrombosis. In MA Lichtman et al., eds., Williams Hematology, 7th ed., pp. 2055–2065. New York: McGraw-Hill.
American Thoracic Society (1999). The diagnostic approach to acute venous thromboembolism: Clinical practice guideline. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 160(3): 1043–1066. Also available online: http://www.thoracic.org/adobe/statements/venous1-24.pdf.
Credits
| Author | Robin Parks, MS |
| Editor | Kathleen M. Ariss, MS |
| Associate Editor | Denele Ivins |
| Associate Editor | Pat Truman, MATC |
| Primary Medical Reviewer | E. Gregory Thompson, MD - Internal Medicine |
| Specialist Medical Reviewer | Jeffrey J. Gilbertson, MD - Cardiovascular Surgery |
| Last Updated | January 15, 2008 |
| Last updated: | January 15, 2008 |
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| Author: | Robin Parks, MS |
| Reviewed By: | E. Gregory Thompson, MD - Internal Medicine, E. Gregory Thompson, MD - Internal Medicine |
| Editors: | Kathleen M. Ariss, MS, Pat Truman, MATC |
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