TY - JOUR
T1 - BET 2
T2 - Striking the right balance: anticoagulation and isolated distal deep vein thrombosis
AU - Jones, Tom
AU - Horner, Daniel
N1 - © Article author(s) (or their employer(s) unless otherwise stated in the text of the article) 2017. All rights reserved. No commercial use is permitted unless otherwise expressly granted.
PY - 2017/5
Y1 - 2017/5
N2 - A short-cut review was carried out to establish whether treatment of isolated distal deep vein thrombosis with therapeutic anticoagulation can reduce adverse clinical outcomes. A meta-analysis from 2011 and 11 subsequent directly relevant papers were found using the reported search strategy. Of these, 7 in total presented the best evidence to answer the clinical question. The author, date and country of publication, patient group studied, study type, relevant outcomes, results and study weaknesses of these best papers are tabulated. It is concluded that patients diagnosed with isolated distal deep vein thrombosis should be individually risk assessed and treated according to their risk of thrombotic complication, bleeding with anticoagulation and personal preference.
AB - A short-cut review was carried out to establish whether treatment of isolated distal deep vein thrombosis with therapeutic anticoagulation can reduce adverse clinical outcomes. A meta-analysis from 2011 and 11 subsequent directly relevant papers were found using the reported search strategy. Of these, 7 in total presented the best evidence to answer the clinical question. The author, date and country of publication, patient group studied, study type, relevant outcomes, results and study weaknesses of these best papers are tabulated. It is concluded that patients diagnosed with isolated distal deep vein thrombosis should be individually risk assessed and treated according to their risk of thrombotic complication, bleeding with anticoagulation and personal preference.
KW - Anticoagulants/pharmacology
KW - Evidence-Based Medicine/methods
KW - Extremities/physiopathology
KW - Fibrin Fibrinogen Degradation Products/analysis
KW - Hemorrhage/etiology
KW - Humans
KW - Treatment Outcome
KW - Ultrasonography/methods
KW - Venous Thrombosis/complications
UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/emermed-2017-206732.2
U2 - 10.1136/emermed-2017-206732.2
DO - 10.1136/emermed-2017-206732.2
M3 - Article
C2 - 28428437
SN - 1472-0205
VL - 34
SP - 334
EP - 336
JO - Emergency medicine journal : EMJ
JF - Emergency medicine journal : EMJ
IS - 5
ER -
