DVT in both the upper and lower body can happen to almost anyone at any age and for many reasons. For example, your vein could have been damaged by an injury or operation. Half of blood clots happen ...

An important patient care skill is the ability to rapidly immobilize a suspected lower extremity fracture. Many lower extremity fractures are particularly emergent, both due to the forces involved in ...

March 14, 2011 — Anticoagulation therapy should be started promptly for upper extremity deep-vein thrombosis (DVT), according to a clinical practice review of upper extremity DVT published in the ...

SAN FRANCISCO — For patients with deep vein thrombosis, mortality rates and the prevalence of hemodynamically unstable pulmonary embolism are significantly higher when the upper extremities are ...

Service members experience 25 million limited duty days annually due to injuries, most of which are musculoskeletal injuries, also known as MSKI. When on limited duty status, a service member may not ...

Continuing our series on diagnoses that may be missed in a primary care setting, Dr Ahmed Mostafa describes a case of upper limb DVT that was initially misdiagnosed A 39-year-old female patient ...