Author/Editor		Vodopivec-Jamšek, Vlasta
Title		Bolnik z vensko trombozo - izziv za zdravnika družinske medicine
Translated title		Patient with venous thrombosis - a challenge for general practitioners
Type		članek
Source		Med Razgl
Vol. and No.		Letnik 46, št. Suppl 1
Publication year		2007
Volume		str. 9-14
Language		slo
Abstract		Veuous thrombosis (VT) is an important cause of morbidity and mortality. Our approach to the diagnosis of VT has evolved over the years.If the clinical diagnosis is unreliable, donors can combine the results of pretestprobability, D dimer tests and compression ultrasound imaging for a safe and convenient strategy in suspected lower extremity thrombosis. Patients with a low pretest probability and a negative D dimer Best result can have proximal VT excluded without the need for diagnostic imaging. The mainstay of treatment of VT is anticoagulation therapy. The use of low molecular weight heparin enables outpatient management for most patients with VT. Decisions regarding the optimal duration of anticoagulation to prevent recurrent VT should be individualised and the risk of recurrence should be balanced against the risk of bleeding and the inconvenience of continuing treatment.
Descriptors		THROMBOPHLEBITIS FAMILY PRACTICE