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Emergency medicine in review| Volume 8, ISSUE 1, P85-91, January 1990

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Deep venous thrombosis of the upper extremity: Diagnosis and treatment

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/0736-4679(90)90394-B
Deep venous thrombosis of the upper extremity: Diagnosis and treatment
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      Abstract

      Deep vein thrombosis of the upper extremity was long thought to be a benign disease, rarely complicated by pulmonary embolism and associated with minimal longterm morbidity. More recent observations have demonstrated however, that a significant number of patients will continue to have disabling symptoms after treatment with conservative measures and standard anticoagulation therapy, and that pulmonary embolism can occur in the course of the disease. Because of its significant morbidity and increasing incidence, an aggressive emergency department approach to diagnosis and early consideration of fibrinolytic therapy are recommended.

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      Publication history

      Accepted: April 13, 1989
      Received in revised form: April 12, 1989
      Received: September 1, 1988

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      DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/0736-4679(90)90394-B

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      © 1990 Published by Elsevier Inc.

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