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Venous thrombosis, pulmonary embolism and pulmonary hypertension |
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| Authors: |
Nakos, Georgios Karachaliou, Angeliki Kitsakos, Athanasios Koulouras, Vasileios Kostanti, Eleonora Lachana, Alexandra Papathanakos, Georgios Papathanasiou, Athanasios Stamati, Vasiliki Tigkas, Stylianos Tsagkaris, Iraklis |
| Reviewer: |
Armaganidis, Apostolos |
| Subject: | MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES, LIFE SCIENCES, BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES > HEALTH SCIENCES > MEDICINE > CLINICAL MEDICINE > THERAPEUTICS > CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES, LIFE SCIENCES, BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES > HEALTH SCIENCES > MEDICINE > INTERNAL MEDICINE |
| Keywords: |
Venous Thrombosis
Pulmonary Embolism And Pulmonary Hypertension |
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| Abstract: |
Deep vein thrombosis and its common complication, pulmonary embolism, are often seen in critically ill patients, worsening their mortality and morbidity. In this chapter we refer to the diagnosis and management of patients with deep vein thrombosis and /or pulmonary embolism, as well as to the principles for the prevention of such conditions. Moreover, we refer to pulmonary hypertension, a syndrome induced by multiple causes and affects outcome of critically ill patients.
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| Table of Contents: |
6.1. Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE)
6.1.1. Introduction 6.1.2. Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) 6.1.3. Pulmonary embolism (PE) 6.1.4. Treatment of DVT and PE 6.2. Pulmonary Hypertension (PH) 6.2.1. Definitions 6.2.2. Pathophysiology of PH 6.2.3. Diagnosis 6.2.4. Clinical indicator for disease progress. 6.2.5. Management of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension 6.2.6. Pulmonary hypertension due to left heart diseases 6.2.7. Pulmonary hypertension due to pulmonary diseases and /or hypoxemia. Bibliography Evaluation criteria |
| Linguistic Editors: |
Koutsouki, Spyridoula |
| Technical Editors: |
Giannakeas, Nikolaos |
| Type: |
Chapter |
| Creation Date: | 2015 |
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| License: |
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/gr |
| Handle | http://hdl.handle.net/11419/882 |
| Bibliographic Reference: | Nakos, G., Karachaliou, A., Kitsakos, A., Koulouras, V., Kostanti, E., Lachana, A., Papathanakos, G., Papathanasiou, A., Stamati, V., Tigkas, S., & Tsagkaris, I. (2015). Venous thrombosis, pulmonary embolism and pulmonary hypertension [Chapter]. In Nakos, G., Karachaliou, A., Kitsakos, A., Koulouras, V., Kostanti, E., Lachana, A., Papathanakos, G., Papathanasiou, A., Stamati, V., Tigkas, S., & Tsagkaris, I. 2015. Emergency treatment [Undergraduate textbook]. Kallipos, Open Academic Editions. https://hdl.handle.net/11419/882 |
| Language: |
Greek |
| Is Part of: |
Emergency treatment |
| Number of pages |
26 |
| Publication Origin: |
Kallipos, Open Academic Editions |