Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Adults with isolated distal deep vein thrombosis experience fewer short- and long-term adverse outcomes compared ...

Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) occurs when a blood clot forms in a large (deep) vein. Proximal DVTs occur in deep veins above the knee and isolated, distal DVTs can occur when smaller blood clots form in ...

Effect of a Community Health Worker–Led Intervention Among Low-Income and Minoritized Patients With Cancer: A Randomized Clinical Trial More than 90% of patients in each group were treated with ...

If the choice is made to anticoagulate patients with symptomatic isolated distal deep vein thrombosis (DVT), outcomes will be improved with 12 versus 6 weeks of treatment, the randomized, ...

An analysis of previous studies suggests that for patients with a suspected blood clot in a deep vein of a leg, withholding anticoagulation therapy after a negative whole-leg compression ultrasound is ...

People aged 18 and over with a suspected DVT need to have a proximal leg vein ultrasound scan quickly to diagnose or rule out a DVT so that treatment can be started promptly if needed. The scan should ...

Anticoagulation for an isolated calf deep vein thrombosis (DVT) appears to decrease the risk for pulmonary embolism (PE) or proximal DVT by two thirds, but quadruples the risk of bleeding, according ...

Withholding anticoagulation after a negative whole-leg compression ultrasound in patients with suspected lower-extremity deep vein thrombosis is associated with a 0.57% risk of developing venous ...