2023-10-12 16:13:07
This Friday is the World Thrombosis Awareness Day. Dr Nicolas Falvo, head of the vascular exploration and interventional phlebology department at CHU of Dijon , helps us to better understand this pathology. Internally, the hospital will devote a day to training and informing nearly 300 paramedical staff.
What are we talking regarding ?
” A deep vein thrombosis or phlebitis , it is a clot that forms in a vein. It can then travel to the lungs and cause a pulmonary embolism, which can be fatal. The signs suggestive of a thrombosis first start “from below”, including calf pain, redness or edema which persists over the days. When we are at the stage of pulmonary embolism, the clot causes shortness of breath, chest pain, tachycardia (increased pulse). The vascular angiologist carries out an examination – a Doppler ultrasound – to diagnose and implement…
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