Tag Archives: IVC filter

Case 93 – summary

Posted on 18/05/2018 by

This case highlighted a number of issues in the management of VTE. 1) The investigation of a patient with newly diagnosed DVT One of the most useful parts in the history taking is the identification of a provoking factor. We … Continue reading →

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Case 70 – part 3 – summary

Posted on 13/01/2017 by

For our last short case this week we looked at a 50 year old gentleman who developed a subdural following an assault. He had been diagnosed with a provoked DVT 1 week prior following knee surgury and had been loaded … Continue reading →

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Case 70 – part 3 – the beginning

Posted on 12/01/2017 by

And for our last case, a 50 year old gentleman has attended A&E following an assault. A CT head has shown a subdural and the neurosurgeons want to take him to theatre. The patient had a knee replacement about 4 … Continue reading →

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Case 23 – summary

Posted on 27/05/2014 by

This was a case involving a common medical problem – the DVT.  There were a number of important points 1) Idiopathic DVT (i.e. those not provoked by a risk factor such as surgery, plaster casts, pregnancy and medications) require careful thought … Continue reading →

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Case 23 – update 4

Posted on 26/05/2014 by

Our young patient with newly diagnosed DVT has cervical cancer and needs total abdominal hysterectomy semi-urgently.  As the DVT is recent and as the surgery has a high risk of blood loss it is felt that inserting an IVC filter … Continue reading →

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