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CLINICOETIOLOGICAL PROFILE OF PATIENTS PRESENTING WITH DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS

Dr. Neha Sharma*, Dr. Aamir Majeed, Dr. Muzzafar Rashid, Prof. Samia Rashid and Prof. Omar Farooq

Abstract

Introduction: Venous thrombosis is not an uncommon entity in medicine wards. Clinically, in majority of patients of venous thrombosis one or the other risk factor can be identified. The most frequent location of deep vein thrombosis is in the lower limb. In 10% of patients who die in hospital, the cause of death is pulmonary embolism following a lower limb deep vein thrombosis. Aims and Objectives: To study patterns of clinical presentation and etiology of deep vein thrombosis, patterns and extent of venous involvement. Materials and methods: the study was observational and conducted over 50 patients admitted in medical wards who were diagnosed as deep vein thrombosis. Results: there were 56% females and 44% males. 16 patients were postpartum, 12 were related to immobilization and 10 were due to malignancy. Conclusion: Our study has demonstrated that venous thrombosis is not an uncommon entity in medicine wards.

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