Open AccessTrauma patients warrant upper and lower extremity venous duplex ultrasound surveillance
Author(s) -
Alonso Andrade,
Alan Tyroch,
Susan McLean,
Jody Smith,
Alex Ramos
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of emergencies, trauma and shock
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.313
H-Index - 29
eISSN - 0974-519X
pISSN - 0974-2700
DOI - 10.4103/0974-2700.201589
Subject(s) - medicine , surgery , venous thrombosis , pulmonary embolism , radiology , intensive care unit , ultrasound , inferior vena cava , mechanical ventilation , thrombosis , anesthesia
Due to the high incidence of thromboembolic events (deep venous thrombosis [DVT] and pulmonary embolus [PE]) after injury, many trauma centers perform lower extremity surveillance duplex ultrasounds. We hypothesize that trauma patients are at a higher risk of upper extremity DVTs (UEDVTs) than lower extremity DVTs (LEDVTs), and therefore, all extremities should be evaluated.