VTE and COVID-19: Would you like to know more?
That’s a leading question. Of course you would. Who wouldn’t want to know more about a disease that has killed >1 million people to date, worldwide. Who wouldn’t want to know more …
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Thromboprophylaxis in Lower Limb Immobilisation #RCEMASC2019
Now the TiLLI project has been completed, I have been asked to give a late breaking abstract presentation at the upcoming annual scientific conference of the Royal College of Emergency …
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JC: Pulmonary embolism, ambulatory care and the goddess of the hunt
This post covers a talk I was asked to give at the recent RCEM CPD conference in Belfast. A great event, and well hosted in spite of the LOC chair …
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The rise and SURPRISE of the DOACs. St.Emlyn’s
Been a while since we have had any clotology on here. That is unacceptable. So here we go with another journal club fest on the management of acute VTE. Now …
JC: The VTE and Major Trauma. St.Emlyn’s
All good EM/CC clinicians know that venous thrombo embolism (VTE) is a potential complication of traumatic injury. The immobilisation and haematological changes associated with signficant injury are reasonably well described. …
Nil nocere: do no harm reversing warfarin!
A familiar scenario: You are on duty and your standby phone goes off just as you have come back from your coffee break. The ambulance cell informs you that they …
VTE masterclass with Dan Horner at #RCEM15
You don’t need me to tell you that VTE is a huge problem. 10 million cases worldwide, a cost to the NHS of £466,000,000 and half a million European deaths …
JC: Do all VTE patients need a CT for cancer?
Virchester has a long history of research in the ambulatory management of venous thromboembolism. Several MDs and PhDs have been completed here looking at both therapeutic and diagnostic strategies in …