Tag: Thrombosis
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Arm Pain
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The arm pain is reported by the patient himself. The causes are many and varied. The arm pain can be a symptom moving towards a potentially serious disease (angina pectoris, arteritis, phlebitis, inflammatory myositis, vasculitis …) it will find and diagnose. The main emergencies are acute ischemia (by atheromatous thrombosis or embolism), deep vein thrombosis,…
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Anti-Xa activity
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The measurement of the anti-Xa activity is to test the ability of anticoagulants inhibit factor Xa and, accordingly, the coagulation. It may be useful to adjust the doses of low molecular weight heparin (LMWH) and drugs with specific anti-Xa activity (such as fondaparinux [Arextral]). Sample: The anti-Xa activity should be measured at the peak of…
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Deep Vein Thrombosis
* Phlebitis is deep vein thrombosis; in the lower limb, it is constantly occlusive. * Some medical causes cirrhosis (antithrombin III deficiency, protein C or S). Lupus (antiphospholipid syndrome, lupus anticoagulant) Behcet’s disease; hiatal hernia and uterine fibroids with bleeding Minimum => hypercoagulable state. * Placard sign: high temperature and pulse. * Diagnostic strategy: it…
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Livedos
DIAGNOSIS: The clinical appearance of livedos is the purple mesh on the skin. Livedo corresponds to a blood stasis in the superficial venous plexus of the dermis. The diagnosis of livedo poses no problem. The main difficulty is the etiologic diagnosis. Evident in livedos due to low circulation rates, it can be a serious systemic…
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