Women who were postpartum with venous thromboembolism (VTE) or abnormal ECGs faced a substantially higher risk for pulmonary ...

Medically reviewed by Amelia MacIntyre, DO Key Takeaways Recovery from a pulmonary embolism can take weeks to months. Keeping ...

Also, Xarelto was shown to reduce the incidence of major bleeding by 46%. The safety and efficacy outcomes were further consistent across the participant subgroups: fragile subjects, those with cancer ...

Key points A 53-year-old woman with rectosigmoid adenocarcinoma was seen in the radiation oncology clinic for her fifth and final fraction of neoadjuvant radiotherapy, where she reported chills, ...

What is the best way to prevent deep vein thrombosis (DVT) or pulmonary embolism (PE) in high-risk patients? In the absence of large randomized trials, the authors performed a systematic review and ...

Pulmonary embolism (PE), a type of blood clot in the lungs, sends more than half a million people to U.S. hospitals each year ...

Blood clots form when blood cells and factors in the blood thicken, forming a semi-solid mass. Sometimes, if the blood clot is caused by an injury, then it is considered protective, since it will plug ...

Dabigatran Comparable to Warfarin in DVT/PE Trial Boehringer Ingelheim announced results from the RE-COVER II study evaluating dabigatran compared to warfarin in patients diagnosed with acute deep ...

Rivaroxaban demonstrated favorable outcomes and cost savings in patients with deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism when used for at-home treatment after discharge from the emergency room, ...

Sabres' Jiri Kulich and Penguins' Filip Hallander have been diagnosed with blood clots in the past week. Are NHL players at ...

Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2006;63(20):S5-S15. Patient demographics and pre-index clinical characteristics were similar between the subgroups of patients who developed DVT/PE ( Table 1). The average age ...